Tag: negros

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

An Orange-bellied Flowerpecker digiscoped from the view deck of Balinsasayao Twin Lakes Natural Park in Sibulan, Negros Island Region. This is just one of the 15 species of flowerpeckers found in the Philippines. This species can be found all over the country preferring a wide variety of habitats from forests to forest edges often near fruiting and flowering trees. Did you know: Flowerpeckers play an important role in seed dispersal and they are one of the most important propagators of mistletoes. Check out this relationship between flowerpeckers and mistletoes here: Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Dicaeum trigonostigma June 2017, Balinsasayao Twin Lakes NP, Negros Island Region, Philippines Video by Adrian Constantino Digiscoped with a Swarovski ATM 80 HD, Panasonic G3 with Swarovski UC adapter. For more videos and pictures of Philippine birds, kindly visit www.birdingphilippines.com #birdingphilippines #wildwednesdays #flowerpecker #itsmorefuninthephilippines

Variable Dwarf Kingfisher

This is a Variable Dwarf Kingfisher, Ceyx lepidus margarethae, one of the seven small kingfishers that can be found in the Philippines. This resident gem is from the endemic subspecies margarethae and can can be found only in the islands of Negros, Cebu, Camiguin Sur, Mindanao and other smaller islands in the central and southern Philippines. Other subspecies of the Variable Dwarf-Kingfisher can be found in the Moluccas and New Guinea. This small, three-toed kingfisher generally prefers a more forested habitat perching low in the undergrowth and flies out fast like a blue bullet to catch insects and grubs on the ground. Unlike its equally stunning cousins the Indigo-banded and Silvery Kingfishers, this kingfisher is usually not associated with water, and usually dives into streams to bathe but not to forage. Variable Dwarf Kingfisher, Ceyx lepidus margarethae Mt. Kanlaon, Murcia, Negros, Philippines Variable Dwarf-Kingfisher

Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon [HD]

This is one of the uncommon endemic pigeons of the Philippines: a Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon videoscoped by our lead guide Nicky Icarangal in a birding trip with Singaporean birders (check out a portion of their trip report here) in Mt. Kanlaon, Negros Island, Central Philippines. It is a big pigeon, measuring up to about 17 inches and is the only pigeon in the Philippines with a green breast and a pink belly. The female Black-chinned Fruit-dove also has a green breast but it is much smaller and the belly is dark green as well. It prefers fruits and will feed singly or with other pigeons or hornbills in feeding trees. It can be found in good intact forests from the lowlands up to 1500 meters in most of the Philippine islands except Palawan. Unfortunately, due to its large size is has become an easy target for hunters and has become particularly rare in Luzon. Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon, Ducula poliocephala April 2011, Mt. Kanlaon National Park, Negros Occidental, Philippines by Nicky Icarangal using a Swarovski 80mm ATM HD, 25-50x eyepiece, Swarovski Universal Camera Adapter, Canon Powershot S95