::Palawn Birding Trip List ::


Date: October 22-27, 2007 Location: Palawan Birders: Nicky Icarangal, Ixi Mapua, Peter and Leni Sutcliffe, Charlie and Cathy Te, Violy Tolosa Trip report by Leni Sutcliffe Bird List by Nicky Icarangal Photos by Ixi Mapua
Click here for the trip report	Glorious sunrise in Rasa Island, Palawan
	© Adrian Constantino / BAP
BIRDLIST 1. Great Egret Ardea alba 15 White Beach 2. Eastern Reef-Egret (Pacific Reef-Egret) Egretta sacra 6 St Paul Subterranean River National Park 3. Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia 6 White Beach, Sabang 4. Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes 10 + White Beach 5. Little Egret Egretta garzetta 21 + White Beach, Sabang, road to Puerto Princesa 6. Little Heron Butorides striata 3 SPSRNP, Sabang, road to Puerto Princesa 7. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis x everywhere 8. Oriental Honeybuzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus 2 Sabang 9. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 3 SPSRNP, Sabang 10. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus 2 Sabang 11. Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus 1 Iwahig Penal Colony 12. Raptor sp. Accipitridae/ Falconidae sp. 1 Accipiter sp. 13. Tabon Scrubfowl Megapodius cumingii 4 of which 1 heard; Sabang 14. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus 1 Sabang 15. Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis 2 of which 1 heard; SPSRNP 16. Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 12 + White Beach, Rasa Island 17. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 2 road to Iwahig Penal Colony 18. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 SPSRNP 19. Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes 2 SPSRNP 20. Pink-necked Green-Pigeon Treron vernans 12+ Sabang, Iwahig Penal Colony 21. Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea 16 White Beach, Sabang, Iwahig Penal Colony, road to Puerto Princesa 22. Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor 75 Rasa Island 23. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 5 Sabang, road to Puerto Princesa 24. Zebra Dove Geopelia striata 28+ White Beach, Sabang, road to Puerto Princesa 25. Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica 8 Sabang 26. Philippine Cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia 100+ Rasa Island 27. Blue-naped Parrot Tanygnathus lucionensis 11 28. Blue-headed Racquet-tail Prioniturus platenae 10 Sabang 29. Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides 1 Iwahig Penal Colony 30. Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris 3 more heard, Sabang 31. Common Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus 2 heard only; road to Sabang 32. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Zanclostomus curvirostris 6 Sabang, Iwahig Penal Colony 33. Mantanani Scops-Owl Otus mantananensis 2 heard only, Rasa Island 34. Palawan Scops-Owl Otus fuliginosus 6 of which 4 heard, Sabang 35. Spotted Wood-Owl Strix seloputo 4 heard only 36. Javan Frogmouth Batrachostomus javensis 5 of which 2 heard; Sabang 37. Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus 3 Sabang 38. Nightjar sp. Caprimulgidae sp. 1 Sabang 39. Island Swiflet Aerodramus vanikorensis 5 ssp. Palawanensis; White Beach, Sabang 40. Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus x ssp. germani: several hundred, SPSRNP 41. Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta x Sabang, road to Puerto Princesa 42. Pygmy Swiftlet Collocalia troglodytes x Sabang 43. Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 3 Sabang 44. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 3 White Beach, SPSRNP 45. Oriental Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca 1 Sabang 46. Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis 5 SPSRNP, Rasa Island 47. White-collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris 11 White Beach, SPSRNP, Rasa Island 48. Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei 5 SPSRNP 49. Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus 3 Road to Sabang 50. White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis 1 Sabang 51. Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus 2 Sabang 52. Common Flameback Dinopium javanense 4 Sabang 53. Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica x seen everywhere 54. Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina striata 2 heard only 55. Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus 4 Sabang 56. Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis 12 Sabang 57. Common Iora Aegithina tiphia 1 White Beach 58. Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps 3 Sabang 59. Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus 2 Sabang 60. Grey-cheeked Bulbul Criniger bres 2 Sabang 61. Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus 6 SPSRNP, Sabang 62. Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus 10 SPSRNP, Sabang 63. Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus 1 Sabang 64. Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis 1 Sabang 65. Asian Fairy-Bluebird Irena puella 3 of which 1 heard; Sabang 66. Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca 9 Sabang, Rasa Island 67. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 6 White Beach, Sabang 68. Palawan Tit Parus amabilis 6 Sabang, Iwahig Penal Colony 69. Ashy-headed Babbler Malacocincla cinereiceps 3 + more heard; Sabang, Iwahig Penal Colony 70. Melodious Babbler Malacopteron palawanense 1 heard; Iwahig Penal Colony 71. Falcated Ground-Babbler Ptilocichla falcata 3 of which 2 heard; SPSRNP, Sabang 72. Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis 16 Sabang, Iwahig Penal Colony 73. White-vented Shama Copsychus niger 6 of which 2 heard; Sabang 74. Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis 1 Sabang 75. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus 5 of which 2 heard; Sabang 76. Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta 5 Sabang 77. Palawan Flycatcher Ficedula platenae 1 heard, Zigzag Road 78. Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica 3 White Beach 79. Blue Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens 2 of which 1 heard; Iwahig, road to P. Princesa 80. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea 7 White Beach, Sabang, Iwahig Penal Colony 81. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1 road to Narra 82. White-breasted Wood-swallow Artamus leucorynchus 2 road to Narra 83. Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 8 + more heard; roads to Sabang & Narra 84. Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis 9 P. Princesa, Sabang 85. Hill Myna Gracula religiosa 2 Sabang 86. Plain-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis 2 Sabang 87. Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis 14 several seen everyday 88. Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi 7 Sabang 89. Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra 1 heard only 90. Palawan Flowerpecker Prionochilus plateni 9 Sabang 91. Striped Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeruginosum 1 Sabang 92. Pygmy Flowerpecker Dicaeum pygmaeum 5 Sabang 93. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus x seen everyday 94. White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra x road to Narra 95. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata 2 96. Chestnut Munia Lonchura malacca 14 White Beach, Sabang, many more on road to Narra