PHILIPPINES SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Accessible Species
ASIA
PHILIPPINES
| # Species: | 685 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 579 |
| # Endemics: | 255 |
| # Near Endemics: | 7 |
OTHER COUNTRIES
IN ASIA
BIRDING LOCALES
§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§ Excludes Taiwan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Excludes Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 222 |
| LC | Local | 1 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 6 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 72 |
| V | Vulnerable | 46 |
| EN | Endangered | 15 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 12 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
| 1 | Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | E | V |
| 2 | /Common Pochard/ | Aythya ferina | V | |
| 3 | Palawan Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron napoleonis | E | V |
| 4 | Philippine Collared-Dove | Streptopelia dusumieri | E | V |
| 5 | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | NT | |
| 6 | Mindoro Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba platenae | E | CR |
| 7 | Luzon Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba luzonica | E | NT |
| 8 | Mindanao Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba crinigera | E | V |
| 9 | White-eared Brown-Dove | Phapitreron leucotis | E | |
| 10 | Amethyst Brown-Dove | Phapitreron amethystinus | E | |
| 11 | Mindanao Brown-Dove | Phapitreron brunneiceps | E | V |
| 12 | Philippine Green-Pigeon | Treron axillaris | E | |
| 13 | Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus occipitalis | E | |
| 14 | Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus marchei | E | |
| 15 | Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus merrilli | E | |
| 16 | Black-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | NE | |
| 17 | Negros Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus arcanus | E | CR |
| 18 | Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula poliocephala | E | NT |
| 19 | Spotted Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula carola | E | V |
| 20 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | NT | |
| 21 | Gray Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pickeringii | V | |
| 22 | Rufous Coucal | Centropus unirufus | E | NT |
| 23 | Black-faced Coucal | Centropus melanops | E | |
| 24 | Black-hooded Coucal | Centropus steerii | E | CR |
| 25 | Philippine Coucal | Centropus viridis | E | |
| 26 | Red-crested Malkoha | Dasylophus superciliosus | E | |
| 27 | Scale-feathered Malkoha | Dasylophus cumingi | E | |
| 28 | Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus velutinus | E | |
| 29 | Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx pectoralis | E | |
| 30 | Philippine Frogmouth | Batrachostomus septimus | E | |
| 31 | Palawan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus chaseni | E | |
| 32 | Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis | E | |
| 33 | Chirruping Nightjar | Caprimulgus griseatus | E | |
| 34 | Philippine Spinetail | Mearnsia picina | E | NT |
| 35 | Gray-rumped Swiftlet | Collocalia marginata | E | |
| 36 | Ridgetop Swiftlet | Collocalia isonota | E | |
| 37 | Pygmy Swiftlet | Collocalia troglodytes | E | |
| 38 | Philippine Swiftlet | Aerodramus mearnsi | E | |
| 39 | Whitehead's Swiftlet | Aerodramus whiteheadi | E | |
| 40 | Ameline Swiftlet | Aerodramus amelis | E | |
| 41 | Philippine Swamphen | Porphyrio pulverulentus | E | |
| 42 | Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea | E | |
| 43 | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | NT | |
| 44 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii | NT | |
| 45 | /Far Eastern Curlew/ | Numenius madagascariensis | EN | |
| 46 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
| 47 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | NT | |
| 48 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
| 49 | /Asian Dowitcher/ | Limnodromus semipalmatus | NT | |
| 50 | Bukidnon Woodcock | Scolopax bukidnonensis | E | |
| 51 | /Gray-tailed Tattler/ | Tringa brevipes | NT | |
| 52 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris | EN | |
| 53 | /Red Knot/ | Calidris canutus | NT | |
| 54 | /Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/ | Calidris acuminata | V | |
| 55 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
| 56 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis | NT | |
| 57 | Spotted Buttonquail | Turnix ocellatus | E | |
| 58 | Luzon Buttonquail | Turnix worcesteri | E | |
| 59 | #Streaked Shearwater# | Calonectris leucomelas | NT | |
| 60 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | NT | |
| 61 | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | V | |
| 62 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | NT | |
| 63 | /Japanese Night Heron/ | Gorsachius goisagi | V | |
| 64 | /Chinese Egret/ | Egretta eulophotes | V | |
| 65 | Philippine Honey-buzzard | Pernis steerei | E | |
| 66 | Philippine Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis holospilus | E | |
| 67 | Philippine Eagle | Pithecophaga jefferyi | E | CR |
| 68 | Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus pinskeri | E | EN |
| 69 | Philippine Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus philippensis | E | EN |
| 70 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | NT | |
| 71 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | NT | |
| 72 | Giant Scops-Owl | Otus gurneyi | E | V |
| 73 | Palawan Scops-Owl | Otus fuliginosus | E | NT |
| 74 | Philippine Scops-Owl | Otus megalotis | E | |
| 75 | Everett's Scops-Owl | Otus everetti | E | |
| 76 | Mindoro Scops-Owl | Otus mindorensis | E | NT |
| 77 | Mindanao Scops-Owl | Otus mirus | E | NT |
| 78 | Luzon Scops-Owl | Otus longicornis | E | NT |
| 79 | Philippine Eagle-Owl | Ketupa philippensis | E | V |
| 80 | Chocolate Boobook | Ninox randi | NE | NT |
| 81 | Luzon Boobook | Ninox philippensis | E | |
| 82 | Mindanao Boobook | Ninox spilocephala | E | NT |
| 83 | Mindoro Boobook | Ninox mindorensis | E | V |
| 84 | Cebu Boobook | Ninox rumseyi | E | V |
| 85 | Philippine Trogon | Harpactes ardens | E | |
| 86 | Rufous Hornbill | Buceros hydrocorax | E | V |
| 87 | Palawan Hornbill | Anthracoceros marchei | E | V |
| 88 | Writhed Hornbill | Rhabdotorrhinus leucocephalus | E | NT |
| 89 | Luzon Hornbill | Penelopides manillae | E | |
| 90 | Mindoro Hornbill | Penelopides mindorensis | E | EN |
| 91 | Samar Hornbill | Penelopides samarensis | E | |
| 92 | Mindanao Hornbill | Penelopides affinis | E | |
| 93 | Indigo-banded Kingfisher | Ceyx cyanopectus | E | |
| 94 | Northern Silvery-Kingfisher | Ceyx flumenicola | E | NT |
| 95 | Southern Silvery-Kingfisher | Ceyx argentatus | E | NT |
| 96 | Philippine Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx melanurus | E | V |
| 97 | Dimorphic Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx margarethae | E | |
| 98 | Brown-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon gularis | E | |
| 99 | Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | V | |
| 100 | Rufous-lored Kingfisher | Todiramphus winchelli | E | V |
| 101 | Spotted Kingfisher | Actenoides lindsayi | E | |
| 102 | Blue-capped Kingfisher | Actenoides hombroni | E | V |
| 103 | Rufous-crowned Bee-eater | Merops americanus | E | |
| 104 | Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus maculatus | E | |
| 105 | Spot-throated Flameback | Dinopium everetti | E | NT |
| 106 | Luzon Flameback | Chrysocolaptes haematribon | E | |
| 107 | Buff-spotted Flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | E | |
| 108 | Red-headed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | E | NT |
| 109 | Northern Sooty-Woodpecker | Mulleripicus funebris | E | NT |
| 110 | Southern Sooty-Woodpecker | Mulleripicus fuliginosus | E | V |
| 111 | Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | V | |
| 112 | Philippine Falconet | Microhierax erythrogenys | E | |
| 113 | Philippine Cockatoo | Cacatua haematuropygia | E | CR |
| 114 | Mindanao Racquet-tail | Prioniturus waterstradti | E | NT |
| 115 | Luzon Racquet-tail | Prioniturus montanus | E | NT |
| 116 | Blue-headed Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platenae | E | V |
| 117 | Mindoro Racquet-tail | Prioniturus mindorensis | E | V |
| 118 | Green Racquet-tail | Prioniturus luconensis | E | EN |
| 119 | Blue-crowned Racquet-tail | Prioniturus discurus | E | |
| 120 | Blue-naped Parrot | Tanygnathus lucionensis | NT | |
| 121 | Guaiabero | Bolbopsittacus lunulatus | E | |
| 122 | Mindanao Lorikeet | Saudareos johnstoniae | E | NT |
| 123 | Philippine Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus philippensis | E | |
| 124 | Visayan Broadbill | Sarcophanops samarensis | E | V |
| 125 | Wattled Broadbill | Sarcophanops steerii | E | V |
| 126 | Whiskered Pitta | Erythropitta kochi | E | NT |
| 127 | Azure-breasted Pitta | Pitta steerii | E | V |
| 128 | Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | NT | |
| 129 | McGregor's Cuckooshrike | Malindangia mcgregori | E | |
| 130 | Black-and-white Triller | Lalage melanoleuca | E | |
| 131 | Blackish Cuckooshrike | Analisoma coerulescens | E | |
| 132 | Black-bibbed Cuckooshrike | Edolisoma mindanense | E | V |
| 133 | Yellow-bellied Whistler | Pachycephala philippinensis | E | |
| 134 | Green-backed Whistler | Pachycephala albiventris | E | |
| 135 | White-vented Whistler | Pachycephala homeyeri | NE | |
| 136 | Ventriloquial Oriole | Oriolus consobrinus | NT | |
| 137 | White-lored Oriole | Oriolus albiloris | E | |
| 138 | Philippine Oriole | Oriolus steerii | E | |
| 139 | Isabela Oriole | Oriolus isabellae | E | CR |
| 140 | Black-and-cinnamon Fantail | Rhipidura nigrocinnamomea | E | |
| 141 | Mindanao Blue-Fantail | Rhipidura superciliaris | E | |
| 142 | Visayan Blue-Fantail | Rhipidura samarensis | E | |
| 143 | Blue-headed Fantail | Rhipidura cyaniceps | E | |
| 144 | Philippine Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura nigritorquis | E | |
| 145 | Short-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus striatus | E | |
| 146 | Palawan Drongo | Dicrurus palawanensis | E | |
| 147 | Balicassiao | Dicrurus balicassius | E | |
| 148 | Short-crested Monarch | Hypothymis helenae | E | NT |
| 149 | Celestial Monarch | Hypothymis coelestis | E | V |
| 150 | Blue Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone cyanescens | E | |
| 151 | Japanese Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | NT | |
| 152 | Rufous Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone cinnamomea | NE | |
| 153 | Mountain Shrike | Lanius validirostris | E | |
| 154 | Palawan Crow | Corvus pusillus | E | |
| 155 | White-fronted Tit | Sittiparus semilarvatus | E | NT |
| 156 | Elegant Tit | Periparus elegans | E | |
| 157 | Palawan Tit | Periparus amabilis | E | NT |
| 158 | Mindanao Plumed-Warbler | Micromacronus sordidus | E | NT |
| 159 | Rufous-fronted Tailorbird | Orthotomus frontalis | E | |
| 160 | Visayan Tailorbird | Orthotomus castaneiceps | E | |
| 161 | Gray-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus derbianus | E | |
| 162 | Green-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus chloronotus | E | |
| 163 | Yellow-breasted Tailorbird | Orthotomus samarensis | E | NT |
| 164 | White-browed Tailorbird | Orthotomus nigriceps | E | |
| 165 | White-eared Tailorbird | Orthotomus cinereiceps | E | |
| 166 | /Streaked Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus sorghophilus | CR | |
| 167 | Cordillera Ground-Warbler | Robsonius rabori | E | V |
| 168 | Sierra Madre Ground-Warbler | Robsonius thompsoni | E | |
| 169 | Bicol Ground-Warbler | Robsonius sorsogonensis | E | NT |
| 170 | Long-tailed Bush Warbler | Locustella caudata | E | |
| 171 | Benguet Bush Warbler | Locustella seebohmi | E | |
| 172 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | LC | |
| 173 | Gray-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus frater | E | |
| 174 | Sulphur-bellied Bulbul | Iole palawanensis | E | |
| 175 | Philippine Bulbul | Hypsipetes philippinus | E | |
| 176 | Mindoro Bulbul | Hypsipetes mindorensis | E | |
| 177 | Streak-breasted Bulbul | Hypsipetes siquijorensis | E | EN |
| 178 | Yellowish Bulbul | Hypsipetes everetti | E | |
| 179 | Zamboanga Bulbul | Hypsipetes rufigularis | E | NT |
| 180 | Yellow-wattled Bulbul | Microtarsus urostictus | E | |
| 181 | Ashy-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus cinereifrons | E | |
| 182 | Lemon-throated Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus cebuensis | E | |
| 183 | Philippine Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus olivaceus | E | |
| 184 | Negros Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus nigrorum | E | |
| 185 | Rufous-headed Tailorbird | Phyllergates heterolaemus | E | |
| 186 | Philippine Bush Warbler | Horornis seebohmi | E | |
| 187 | Mindanao Pygmy-Babbler | Dasycrotapha plateni | E | NT |
| 188 | Rusty-crowned Babbler | Sterrhoptilus capitalis | E | |
| 189 | Golden-crowned Babbler | Sterrhoptilus dennistouni | E | NT |
| 190 | Calabarzon Babbler | Sterrhoptilus affinis | E | |
| 191 | Visayan Babbler | Sterrhoptilus nigrocapitatus | E | |
| 192 | Palawan Striped-Babbler | Zosterornis hypogrammicus | E | |
| 193 | Luzon Striped-Babbler | Zosterornis striatus | E | |
| 194 | Chestnut-faced Babbler | Zosterornis whiteheadi | E | |
| 195 | Mindanao White-eye | Heleia goodfellowi | E | |
| 196 | Yellowish White-eye | Zosterops nigrorum | E | |
| 197 | Lowland White-eye | Zosterops meyeni | NE | |
| 198 | Brown Tit-Babbler | Macronus striaticeps | E | |
| 199 | Palawan Babbler | Malacopteron palawanense | E | NT |
| 200 | Ashy-headed Babbler | Pellorneum cinereiceps | E | |
| 201 | Striated Wren-Babbler | Ptilocichla mindanensis | E | |
| 202 | Falcated Wren-Babbler | Ptilocichla falcata | E | V |
| 203 | Sulphur-billed Nuthatch | Sitta oenochlamys | E | |
| 204 | Stripe-sided Rhabdornis | Rhabdornis mystacalis | E | |
| 205 | Long-billed Rhabdornis | Rhabdornis grandis | E | |
| 206 | Stripe-breasted Rhabdornis | Rhabdornis inornatus | E | |
| 207 | Coleto | Sarcops calvus | NE | |
| 208 | Tenggara Hill Myna | Gracula venerata | EN | |
| 209 | Ashy Thrush | Geokichla cinerea | E | V |
| 210 | Chestnut-capped Thrush | Geokichla interpres | EN | |
| 211 | Ashy-breasted Flycatcher | Muscicapa randi | E | V |
| 212 | Philippine Magpie-Robin | Copsychus mindanensis | E | |
| 213 | White-browed Shama | Copsychus luzoniensis | E | |
| 214 | White-vented Shama | Copsychus niger | E | |
| 215 | Black Shama | Copsychus cebuensis | E | EN |
| 216 | Blue-breasted Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis herioti | E | NT |
| 217 | Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis camarinensis | E | V |
| 218 | Palawan Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis lemprieri | E | NT |
| 219 | Bagobo Babbler | Leonardina woodi | E | |
| 220 | Rusty-flanked Jungle Flycatcher | Vauriella insignis | V | |
| 221 | Mindanao Jungle Flycatcher | Vauriella goodfellowi | E | NT |
| 222 | Philippine Shortwing | Brachypteryx poliogyna | E | |
| 223 | Palawan Flycatcher | Ficedula platenae | E | V |
| 224 | Furtive Flycatcher | Ficedula disposita | E | NT |
| 225 | Little Slaty Flycatcher | Ficedula basilanica | E | V |
| 226 | Cryptic Flycatcher | Ficedula crypta | E | |
| 227 | Bundok Flycatcher | Ficedula luzoniensis | E | |
| 228 | Luzon Redstart | Phoenicurus bicolor | E | NT |
| 229 | Olive-backed Flowerpecker | Prionochilus olivaceus | E | |
| 230 | Palawan Flowerpecker | Prionochilus plateni | E | |
| 231 | Whiskered Flowerpecker | Dicaeum proprium | E | |
| 232 | Olive-capped Flowerpecker | Dicaeum nigrilore | E | |
| 233 | Yellow-crowned Flowerpecker | Dicaeum anthonyi | E | NT |
| 234 | Flame-crowned Flowerpecker | Dicaeum kampalili | E | NT |
| 235 | Bicolored Flowerpecker | Dicaeum bicolor | E | |
| 236 | Cebu Flowerpecker | Dicaeum quadricolor | E | CR |
| 237 | Black-belted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum haematostictum | E | |
| 238 | Scarlet-collared Flowerpecker | Dicaeum retrocinctum | E | V |
| 239 | White-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum hypoleucum | E | |
| 240 | Pygmy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pygmaeum | E | |
| 241 | Fire-throated Flowerpecker | Dicaeum luzoniensis | E | |
| 242 | Gray-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes griseigularis | E | |
| 243 | Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | E | |
| 244 | Garden Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | E | |
| 245 | Lovely Sunbird | Aethopyga shelleyi | E | |
| 246 | Magnificent Sunbird | Aethopyga magnifica | E | |
| 247 | Handsome Sunbird | Aethopyga bella | E | |
| 248 | Flaming Sunbird | Aethopyga flagrans | E | |
| 249 | Maroon-naped Sunbird | Aethopyga guimarasensis | E | |
| 250 | Metallic-winged Sunbird | Aethopyga pulcherrima | E | |
| 251 | Lina's Sunbird | Aethopyga linaraborae | E | NT |
| 252 | Gray-hooded Sunbird | Aethopyga primigenia | E | |
| 253 | Apo Sunbird | Aethopyga boltoni | E | |
| 254 | Orange-tufted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera flammifera | E | |
| 255 | Pale Spiderhunter | Arachnothera dilutior | E | |
| 256 | Naked-faced Spiderhunter | Arachnothera clarae | E | |
| 257 | Palawan Fairy-bluebird | Irena tweeddalii | E | |
| 258 | Philippine Fairy-bluebird | Irena cyanogastra | E | NT |
| 259 | Philippine Leafbird | Chloropsis flavipennis | E | V |
| 260 | Yellow-throated Leafbird | Chloropsis palawanensis | E | |
| 261 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | EN | |
| 262 | <Green-faced Parrotfinch> | Erythrura viridifacies | E | V |
| 263 | Red-eared Parrotfinch | Erythrura coloria | E | |
| 264 | Cinnamon Ibon | Hypocryptadius cinnamomeus | E | |
| 265 | White-cheeked Bullfinch | Pyrrhula leucogenis | E |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.