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Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) by
alabang, on Flickr
The Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis, is a bittern of Old World origin, breeding in tropical Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to China, Indonesia and Australia. It is mainly resident, but some northern birds migrate short distances.
This is a fairly large species at 58 cm in length, with a longish neck and long yellow bill. The adult is uniformly black above, with yellow neck sides. It is whitish below, heavily streaked with brown. The juvenile is like the adult, but dark brown rather than black.
Their breeding habitat is reedbeds. They nest on platforms of reeds in shrubs, or sometimes in trees. 3-5 eggs are laid. They can be difficult to see, given their skulking lifestyle and reedbed habitat, but tend to fly fairly frequently, when the all black upperparts makes them unmistakable.
Black Bitterns feed on insects, fish and amphibians.
Source:
Black Bittern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photographed in Candaba, Pampanga
Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica) by
alabang, on Flickr
The Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica) is a large dabbling duck of the genus Anas. Fewer than 10,000 remain.
It has a black crown, nape and eye stripe, with a cinnamon head and neck. Rest of body is greyish brown with a bright green speculum. Its legs are greyish brown, and its bill is blue grey.
It eats shrimp, fish, insects, and vegetation, and it frequents all types of wetlands.
Photographed in Candaba, Pampanga, Philippines
Source:
Philippine Duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) by
alabang, on Flickr
The Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The European populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa; the more northerly Asian populations also migrate further south within Asia. It is a rare but regular wanderer north of its breeding range.
Photographed in Candaba, Pampanga
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Purple Heron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) by
alabang, on Flickr
The Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa. It is resident in the milder south and west, but many birds retreat in winter from the ice in colder regions. It has become common in summer even inside the Arctic circle along the Norwegian coast.
Photographed in Candaba, Pampanga, Philippines
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Heron
Philippine Serpent Eagle (Spilornis holospilus) by
alabang, on Flickr
The Philippine Serpent Eagle, Spilornis holospilus, is an eagle found in the major islands of the Philippines. It is sometimes treated as a race of the Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela). This species is usually found in forest clearings, open woodlands, and sometimes in cultivated lands with scattered trees.
Source:
Philippine Serpent-Eagle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black-headed Munia (Lonchura atricapilla) by
alabang, on Flickr
The Black-headed Munia, Lonchura atricapilla (formerly considered as a subspecies of the Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca atricapilla) also known as Chestnut Munia, is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, & Vietnam. Known as maya pula ("red maya", to distinguish it from the predominantly brownish Tree Sparrow which is also called maya) in the Philippines, this bird was the former national bird of the Philippines (the Philippine national bird is now the Philippine eagle)
Source:
Black-headed Munia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lowland White-eye (Zosterops meyeni) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed in La Mesa Eco Park
The Lowland White-eye (Zosterops meyeni) is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family.
It is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Source:
Lowland White-eye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) by
alabang, on Flickr
Photographed this free bird at Visayas State University, Philippines
The Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis), also known as the Spotted Turtle Dove, is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in tropical southern Asia from Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Southeast Asia. It is also known as the Chinese Dove, Mountain Dove, or Lace-necked Dove.
It is a common and widespread species in open woodland, farmland and habitation over a good deal of its natural range, and this successful bird has also been introduced to the U.S. to Hawaii and Southern California. Other countries it has been introduced to include Singapore, the Philippines, northern Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, it was introduced in Melbourne in the 1860s and has since spread, often replacing native doves. In Australia, they are now found in streets, parks, gardens, agricultural areas and tropical scrubs, from Hobart, Tasmania, to Cooktown, Queensland, to Port Lincoln, South Australia. They can also be seen in Perth, Pemberton, Kalgoorlie and Esperance, in Western Australia. The species' range is expanding.
Source:
Spotted Dove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia