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# Species:685
# Excl Vagrants:579
# Endemics:255
# Near Endemics:7

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Philippine DuckAnas luzonicaEV
2/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
3Palawan Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron napoleonisEV
4Philippine Collared-DoveStreptopelia dusumieriEV
5Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica NT
6Mindoro Bleeding-heartGallicolumba platenaeECR
7Negros Bleeding-heartGallicolumba keayiECR
8Sulu Bleeding-heartGallicolumba menageiECR
9Luzon Bleeding-heartGallicolumba luzonicaENT
10Mindanao Bleeding-heartGallicolumba crinigeraEV
11White-eared Brown-DovePhapitreron leucotisE 
12Amethyst Brown-DovePhapitreron amethystinusE 
13Mindanao Brown-DovePhapitreron brunneicepsEV
14Tawitawi Brown-DovePhapitreron cinereicepsEEN
15Philippine Green-PigeonTreron axillarisE 
16Whistling Green-PigeonTreron formosae NT
17Yellow-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus occipitalisE 
18Flame-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus marcheiE 
19Cream-breasted Fruit-DovePtilinopus merrilliE 
20Black-chinned Fruit-DovePtilinopus leclancheriNE 
21Negros Fruit-DovePtilinopus arcanusECR
22Pink-bellied Imperial-PigeonDucula poliocephalaENT
23Mindoro Imperial-PigeonDucula mindorensisEEN
24Spotted Imperial-PigeonDucula carolaEV
25Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aenea NT
26Gray Imperial-PigeonDucula pickeringii V
27Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufusENT
28Black-faced CoucalCentropus melanopsE 
29Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steeriiECR
30Philippine CoucalCentropus viridisE 
31Red-crested MalkohaDasylophus superciliosusE 
32Scale-feathered MalkohaDasylophus cumingiE 
33Philippine Drongo-CuckooSurniculus velutinusE 
34Philippine Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx pectoralisE 
35Philippine FrogmouthBatrachostomus septimusE 
36Palawan FrogmouthBatrachostomus chaseniE 
37Philippine NightjarCaprimulgus manillensisE 
38Chirruping NightjarCaprimulgus griseatusE 
39Philippine SpinetailMearnsia picinaENT
40Gray-rumped SwiftletCollocalia marginataE 
41Ridgetop SwiftletCollocalia isonotaE 
42Pygmy SwiftletCollocalia troglodytesE 
43Philippine SwiftletAerodramus mearnsiE 
44Whitehead's SwiftletAerodramus whiteheadiE 
45Ameline SwiftletAerodramus amelisE 
46Calayan RailGallirallus calayanensisEV
47Philippine SwamphenPorphyrio pulverulentusE 
48Plain Bush-henAmaurornis olivaceaE 
49Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostris NT
50Malaysian PloverAnarhynchus peronii NT
51/Far Eastern Curlew/Numenius madagascariensis EN
52/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
53/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
54/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
55/Asian Dowitcher/Limnodromus semipalmatus NT
56Bukidnon WoodcockScolopax bukidnonensisE 
57/Gray-tailed Tattler/Tringa brevipes NT
58/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostris EN
59/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
60/Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/Calidris acuminata V
61/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
62/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
63Spotted ButtonquailTurnix ocellatusE 
64Luzon ButtonquailTurnix worcesteriE 
65#Streaked Shearwater#Calonectris leucomelas NT
66Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus NT
67Christmas Island FrigatebirdFregata andrewsi V
68Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster NT
69/Japanese Night Heron/Gorsachius goisagi V
70/Chinese Egret/Egretta eulophotes V
71Philippine Honey-buzzardPernis steereiE 
72Philippine Serpent-EagleSpilornis holospilusE 
73Philippine EaglePithecophaga jefferyiECR
74Pinsker's Hawk-EagleNisaetus pinskeriEEN
75Philippine Hawk-EagleNisaetus philippensisEEN
76Rufous-bellied EagleLophotriorchis kienerii NT
77Gray-headed Fish-EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetus NT
78Giant Scops-OwlOtus gurneyiEV
79Palawan Scops-OwlOtus fuliginosusENT
80Philippine Scops-OwlOtus megalotisE 
81Everett's Scops-OwlOtus everettiE 
82Negros Scops-OwlOtus nigrorumEV
83Mindoro Scops-OwlOtus mindorensisENT
84Mantanani Scops-OwlOtus mantananensisNENT
85Ryukyu Scops-OwlOtus elegans NT
86Mindanao Scops-OwlOtus mirusENT
87Luzon Scops-OwlOtus longicornisENT
88Philippine Eagle-OwlKetupa philippensisEV
89Chocolate BoobookNinox randiNENT
90Luzon BoobookNinox philippensisE 
91Mindanao BoobookNinox spilocephalaENT
92Mindoro BoobookNinox mindorensisEV
93Romblon BoobookNinox spilonotusEEN
94Cebu BoobookNinox rumseyiEV
95Carniguin BoobookNinox leventisiEV
96Sulu BoobookNinox reyiEV
97Philippine TrogonHarpactes ardensE 
98Rufous HornbillBuceros hydrocoraxEV
99Palawan HornbillAnthracoceros marcheiEV
100Sulu HornbillAnthracoceros montaniECR
101Writhe-billed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus waldeniECR
102Writhed HornbillRhabdotorrhinus leucocephalusENT
103Luzon HornbillPenelopides manillaeE 
104Mindoro HornbillPenelopides mindorensisEEN
105Visayan HornbillPenelopides paniniEEN
106Samar HornbillPenelopides samarensisE 
107Mindanao HornbillPenelopides affinisE 
108Indigo-banded KingfisherCeyx cyanopectusE 
109Northern Silvery-KingfisherCeyx flumenicolaENT
110Southern Silvery-KingfisherCeyx argentatusENT
111Philippine Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx melanurusEV
112Dimorphic Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx margarethaeE 
113Brown-breasted KingfisherHalcyon gularisE 
114Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata V
115Rufous-lored KingfisherTodiramphus winchelliEV
116Spotted KingfisherActenoides lindsayiE 
117Blue-capped KingfisherActenoides hombroniEV
118Rufous-crowned Bee-eaterMerops americanusE 
119Philippine Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus maculatusE 
120Sulu Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus ramsayiEV
121Spot-throated FlamebackDinopium everettiENT
122Luzon FlamebackChrysocolaptes haematribonE 
123Yellow-faced FlamebackChrysocolaptes xanthocephalusEEN
124Buff-spotted FlamebackChrysocolaptes lucidusE 
125Red-headed FlamebackChrysocolaptes erythrocephalusENT
126Northern Sooty-WoodpeckerMulleripicus funebrisENT
127Southern Sooty-WoodpeckerMulleripicus fuliginosusEV
128Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentus V
129Philippine FalconetMicrohierax erythrogenysE 
130Philippine CockatooCacatua haematuropygiaECR
131Mindanao Racquet-tailPrioniturus waterstradtiENT
132Luzon Racquet-tailPrioniturus montanusENT
133Blue-headed Racquet-tailPrioniturus platenaeEV
134Mindoro Racquet-tailPrioniturus mindorensisEV
135Blue-winged Racquet-tailPrioniturus verticalisECR
136Green Racquet-tailPrioniturus luconensisEEN
137Blue-crowned Racquet-tailPrioniturus discurusE 
138Blue-naped ParrotTanygnathus lucionensis NT
139Azure-rumped ParrotTanygnathus sumatranusE 
140GuaiaberoBolbopsittacus lunulatusE 
141Mindanao LorikeetSaudareos johnstoniaeENT
142Philippine Hanging-ParrotLoriculus philippensisE 
143Camiguin Hanging-ParrotLoriculus camiguinensisE 
144Black-billed Hanging-ParrotLoriculus bonaparteiE 
145Visayan BroadbillSarcophanops samarensisEV
146Wattled BroadbillSarcophanops steeriiEV
147Whiskered PittaErythropitta kochiENT
148Azure-breasted PittaPitta steeriiEV
149Taliabu MyzomelaMyzomela waheE 
150Fiery MinivetPericrocotus igneus NT
151McGregor's CuckooshrikeMalindangia mcgregoriE 
152Black-and-white TrillerLalage melanoleucaE 
153Blackish CuckooshrikeAnalisoma coerulescensE 
154White-winged CuckooshrikeAnalisoma ostentaE 
155Black-bibbed CuckooshrikeEdolisoma mindanenseEV
156Yellow-bellied WhistlerPachycephala philippinensisE 
157Green-backed WhistlerPachycephala albiventrisE 
158White-vented WhistlerPachycephala homeyeriNE 
159Ventriloquial OrioleOriolus consobrinus NT
160White-lored OrioleOriolus albilorisE 
161Philippine OrioleOriolus steeriiE 
162Isabela OrioleOriolus isabellaeECR
163Black-and-cinnamon FantailRhipidura nigrocinnamomeaE 
164Mindanao Blue-FantailRhipidura superciliarisE 
165Visayan Blue-FantailRhipidura samarensisE 
166Tablas FantailRhipidura sauliEV
167Visayan FantailRhipidura albiventrisE 
168Blue-headed FantailRhipidura cyanicepsE 
169Philippine Pied-FantailRhipidura nigritorquisE 
170Short-tailed DrongoDicrurus striatusE 
171Palawan DrongoDicrurus palawanensisE 
172BalicassiaoDicrurus balicassiusE 
173Tablas DrongoDicrurus menageiEEN
174Short-crested MonarchHypothymis helenaeENT
175Celestial MonarchHypothymis coelestisEV
176Blue Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cyanescensE 
177Japanese Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata NT
178Rufous Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone cinnamomeaNE 
179Mountain ShrikeLanius validirostrisE 
180Palawan CrowCorvus pusillusE 
181White-fronted TitSittiparus semilarvatusENT
182Elegant TitPeriparus elegansE 
183Palawan TitPeriparus amabilisENT
184Leyte Plumed-WarblerMicromacronus leytensisENT
185Mindanao Plumed-WarblerMicromacronus sordidusENT
186Rufous-fronted TailorbirdOrthotomus frontalisE 
187Visayan TailorbirdOrthotomus castaneicepsE 
188Gray-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus derbianusE 
189Green-backed TailorbirdOrthotomus chloronotusE 
190Yellow-breasted TailorbirdOrthotomus samarensisENT
191White-browed TailorbirdOrthotomus nigricepsE 
192White-eared TailorbirdOrthotomus cinereicepsE 
193/Streaked Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus sorghophilus CR
194Cordillera Ground-WarblerRobsonius raboriEV
195Sierra Madre Ground-WarblerRobsonius thompsoniE 
196Bicol Ground-WarblerRobsonius sorsogonensisENT
197Long-tailed Bush WarblerLocustella caudataE 
198Benguet Bush WarblerLocustella seebohmiE 
199Gray-throated MartinRiparia chinensisLC 
200/Prigogine's Greenbul/Chlorocichla prigoginei EN
201Gray-throated BulbulAlophoixus fraterE 
202Sulphur-bellied BulbulIole palawanensisE 
203Philippine BulbulHypsipetes philippinusE 
204Mindoro BulbulHypsipetes mindorensisE 
205Streak-breasted BulbulHypsipetes siquijorensisEEN
206Visayan BulbulHypsipetes guimarasensisE 
207Yellowish BulbulHypsipetes everettiE 
208Camiguin BulbulHypsipetes cafarmanensisE 
209Zamboanga BulbulHypsipetes rufigularisENT
210Yellow-wattled BulbulMicrotarsus urostictusE 
211Ashy-fronted BulbulPycnonotus cinereifronsE 
212Lemon-throated Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus cebuensisE 
213Philippine Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus olivaceusE 
214Negros Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus nigrorumE 
215Rufous-headed TailorbirdPhyllergates heterolaemusE 
216Philippine Bush WarblerHorornis seebohmiE 
217Flame-templed BabblerDasycrotapha speciosaEEN
218Visayan Pygmy-BabblerDasycrotapha pygmaeaENT
219Mindanao Pygmy-BabblerDasycrotapha plateniENT
220Rusty-crowned BabblerSterrhoptilus capitalisE 
221Golden-crowned BabblerSterrhoptilus dennistouniENT
222Calabarzon BabblerSterrhoptilus affinisE 
223Visayan BabblerSterrhoptilus nigrocapitatusE 
224Palawan Striped-BabblerZosterornis hypogrammicusE 
225Luzon Striped-BabblerZosterornis striatusE 
226Chestnut-faced BabblerZosterornis whiteheadiE 
227Panay Striped-BabblerZosterornis latistriatusE 
228Negros Striped-BabblerZosterornis nigrorumEEN
229Mindanao White-eyeHeleia goodfellowiE 
230Yellowish White-eyeZosterops nigrorumE 
231Lowland White-eyeZosterops meyeniNE 
232Brown Tit-BabblerMacronus striaticepsE 
233Palawan BabblerMalacopteron palawanenseENT
234Ashy-headed BabblerPellorneum cinereicepsE 
235Striated Wren-BabblerPtilocichla mindanensisE 
236Falcated Wren-BabblerPtilocichla falcataEV
237Sulphur-billed NuthatchSitta oenochlamysE 
238Stripe-sided RhabdornisRhabdornis mystacalisE 
239Long-billed RhabdornisRhabdornis grandisE 
240Stripe-breasted RhabdornisRhabdornis inornatusE 
241Apo MynaGoodfellowia mirandusENT
242ColetoSarcops calvusNE 
243Tenggara Hill MynaGracula venerata EN
244Ashy ThrushGeokichla cinereaEV
245Chestnut-capped ThrushGeokichla interpres EN
246Ashy-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa randiEV
247Philippine Magpie-RobinCopsychus mindanensisE 
248White-browed ShamaCopsychus luzoniensisE 
249Visayan ShamaCopsychus superciliarisE 
250White-vented ShamaCopsychus nigerE 
251Black ShamaCopsychus cebuensisEEN
252Blue-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis heriotiENT
253Rufous-breasted Blue FlycatcherCyornis camarinensisEV
254Palawan Blue FlycatcherCyornis lemprieriENT
255Bagobo BabblerLeonardina woodiE 
256Rusty-flanked Jungle FlycatcherVauriella insignis V
257Negros Jungle FlycatcherVauriella albigularisEEN
258Mindanao Jungle FlycatcherVauriella goodfellowiENT
259Philippine ShortwingBrachypteryx poliogynaE 
260Palawan FlycatcherFicedula platenaeEV
261Furtive FlycatcherFicedula dispositaENT
262Little Slaty FlycatcherFicedula basilanicaEV
263Cryptic FlycatcherFicedula cryptaE 
264Bundok FlycatcherFicedula luzoniensisE 
265Luzon RedstartPhoenicurus bicolorENT
266Olive-backed FlowerpeckerPrionochilus olivaceusE 
267Palawan FlowerpeckerPrionochilus plateniE 
268Whiskered FlowerpeckerDicaeum propriumE 
269Olive-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum nigriloreE 
270Yellow-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum anthonyiENT
271Flame-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum kampaliliENT
272Bicolored FlowerpeckerDicaeum bicolorE 
273Cebu FlowerpeckerDicaeum quadricolorECR
274Black-belted FlowerpeckerDicaeum haematostictumE 
275Scarlet-collared FlowerpeckerDicaeum retrocinctumEV
276White-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum hypoleucumE 
277Pygmy FlowerpeckerDicaeum pygmaeumE 
278Fire-throated FlowerpeckerDicaeum luzoniensisE 
279Gray-throated SunbirdAnthreptes griseigularisE 
280Purple-throated SunbirdLeptocoma sperataE 
281Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularisE 
282Lovely SunbirdAethopyga shelleyiE 
283Magnificent SunbirdAethopyga magnificaE 
284Handsome SunbirdAethopyga bellaE 
285Flaming SunbirdAethopyga flagransE 
286Maroon-naped SunbirdAethopyga guimarasensisE 
287Metallic-winged SunbirdAethopyga pulcherrimaE 
288Lina's SunbirdAethopyga linaraboraeENT
289Gray-hooded SunbirdAethopyga primigeniaE 
290Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoniE 
291Orange-tufted SpiderhunterArachnothera flammiferaE 
292Pale SpiderhunterArachnothera dilutiorE 
293Naked-faced SpiderhunterArachnothera claraeE 
294Palawan Fairy-bluebirdIrena tweeddaliiE 
295Philippine Fairy-bluebirdIrena cyanogastraENT
296Philippine LeafbirdChloropsis flavipennisEV
297Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensisE 
298Java SparrowPadda oryzivora EN
299<Green-faced Parrotfinch>Erythrura viridifaciesEV
300Red-eared ParrotfinchErythrura coloriaE 
301Cinnamon IbonHypocryptadius cinnamomeusE 
302White-cheeked BullfinchPyrrhula leucogenisE 

 

 *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.

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

CodeDescription##
EEndemic255
LCLocal1
NENear Endemic7
RRRestricted Range0

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened43
VVulnerable39
ENEndangered15
CRCritically Endangered12

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.