Thursday, October 24, 2013

Birds of General Trias, Cavite, Philippines






Common Moorhen

Scientific name: 

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White Breasted Water Hen
Scientific name: Amaurornis phoenicurus
Where to Find: Rivers and streams near ricefields of the locality
Time: All-year-round
Rarity: Widely distributed across Southeast Asia

Photo courtesy of Romy Ocon

Cinnamon Bittern
Where to Find: Rivers and streams near rice fields of the locality
Time: All-year-round
Rarity: Common in the Philippines

Photo courtesy of Romy Ocon

Barn swallow
Scientific name: Hirundo rustica
Where to Find: Gardens and roofs of houses
Time: December to Late February

Photo courtesy of Romy Ocon

Collared Kingfisher
Where to Find: Rivers and streams near rice fields of the locality
Time: All-year-round
Rarity: Common in the Philippines


Asian Golden Plover
Where to Find: Rivers and streams near rice fields of the locality
Time: All-year-round
Rarity: Common in the Philippines

Photo courtesy of Romy Ocon

Eastern grass owl
Where to find: Rice fields and grooves
Time: All-year-round
Rarity: Very rare in the locality

Photo courtesy of Birdwatch.ph

Black-winged stilt
Where to find: Rivers, coast and rice fields of the locality
Time: All-year-round
Rarity: Common in the Philippines


Photo courtesy of Birdwatch.ph

Golden-bellied Flyeater
Where to Find: Grooves within the locality

Yellow-vented bulbul



Little egret
Where to find: Rivers, coast and rice fields of the locality
Time: All-year-round
Rarity: Common in the Philippines
Striped-headed Rhabdorhinis


Grey Heron



Philippine Scops Owl
Picture unverified, taken by Local at Bacao, General Trias, Cavite


Brown Shrike