These are all the species we have seen at the sanctuary over the years, with notes on recent sightings.
Philippine Coucal on top of a mango tree
Lesser Coucal sunning itself in an Aroma bush
cute Bee Eaters
Intermediate Egret near the cottage
4 pied birds — Pied Bushchat
Pied Triller
Pied Harrier
Pied Fantail
Pink-necked Green Pigeon in front of the cottage!
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Pink-necked in a favorite tall perch
Olive-backed Sunbird on Madre de Cacao
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Notes on recent sightings | |
| 1 | Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| 2 | Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | had our highest count in January, 23 birds at one time |
| 3 | King Quail | Excalfactoria chinensis | |
| 4 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| 5 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | was common in 2017 |
| 6 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | not common, first seen in August 2017 |
| 7 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 8 | Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| 9 | Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 10 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | there’s one individual in the picnic area |
| 11 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 12 | Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | there was one very close to the cottage in March, might have gotten blown in with the strong wind |
| 13 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 14 | Philippine Serpent Eagle | Spilornis holospilus | |
| 15 | Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| 16 | Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | Tali and Laiya! |
| 17 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | seen frequently |
| 18 | Barred Rail | Gallirallus torquatus | |
| 19 | Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | moved to picnic area, no longer near cottage |
| 20 | Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea | hear them a lot |
| 21 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 22 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Porzana fusca | not common, first seen in August 2017 |
| 23 | Spotted Buttonquail | Turnix ocellatus | |
| 24 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
| 25 | Swinhoe’s Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| 26 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
| 27 | Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| 28 | Island Collared Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | good views of them perched on a wire on our access road |
| 29 | Red Turtle Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 30 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | seen frequently |
| 31 | Philippine Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia tenuirostris | February, 2 birds |
| 32 | Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | still haven’t taken a photo |
| 33 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| 34 | Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | they seem to be more common now |
| 35 | Philippine Green Pigeon | Treron axillaris | first seen in August 2017 |
| 36 | Philippine Coucal | Centropus viridis | at the mango farm, on top of the trees |
| 37 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | at the picnic area and F.A. |
| 38 | Rough-crested Malkoha | Dasylophus superciliosus | February at the sampaloc tree when it was fruiting |
| 39 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | heard only |
| 40 | Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx pectoralis | |
| 41 | Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | seen frequently |
| 42 | Philippine Scops Owl | Otus megalotis | heard only |
| 43 | Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis | they used to be on the access road only, now near cottage also |
| 44 | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
| 45 | Grey-rumped Swiftlet | Collocalia marginata | |
| 46 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| 47 | Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | first seen in September 2017 when we had my cousins over! I didn’t see it! |
| 48 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 49 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | seen frequently |
| 50 | Indigo-banded Kingfisher | Ceyx cyanopectus | |
| 51 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | seen frequently |
| 52 | Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | |
| 53 | Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos maculatus | |
| 54 | Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 55 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| 56 | Philippine Hanging Parrot/Colasisi | Loriculus philippensis | |
| 57 | Philippine Pitta | Erythropitta erythrogaster | haven’t been hearing them |
| 58 | Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | haven’t been hearing them |
| 59 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | seen frequently |
| 60 | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | seen frequently |
| 61 | Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | not near the cottage |
| 62 | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | seen frequently |
| 63 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | seen frequently |
| 64 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | seen frequently |
| 65 | Philippine Pied Fantail | Rhipidura nigritorquis | seen frequently |
| 66 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | takes effort to see |
| 67 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | seen frequently |
| 68 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| 69 | Yellow-wattled Bulbul | Pycnonotus urostictus | |
| 70 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | seen frequently |
| 71 | Philippine Bulbul | Hypsipetes philippinus | seen more frequently and closer to the cottage than before, I think there are more of them now |
| 72 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 73 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| 74 | Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| 75 | Kamchatka Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus examinandus | |
| 76 | Japanese Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthodryas | |
| 77 | Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | not common, first seen in August 2017 |
| 78 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | seen frequently |
| 79 | Tawny Grassbird | Megalurus timoriensis | |
| 80 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
| 81 | Grey-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus derbianus | |
| 82 | Lowland White-eye | Zosterops meyeni | |
| 83 | Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
| 84 | Stripe-headed Rhabdornis | Rhabdornis mystacalis | |
| 85 | Philippine Magpie-Robin | Copsychus mindanensis | |
| 86 | White-browed Shama | Copsychus luzoniensis | heard at cement bridge |
| 87 | Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| 88 | Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| 89 | Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | seen frequently |
| 90 | Red-keeled Flowerpecker | Dicaeum australe | |
| 91 | Pygmy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pygmaeum | |
| 92 | Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | seen frequently in groups in the flowering madre de cacao |
| 93 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | seen frequently |
| 94 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 95 | White-bellied Munia | Lonchura leucogastra | not common, first seen in August 2017 |
| 96 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | seen frequently |
| 97 | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 98 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
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