Index of Birds Found in the Philippines: A - N

Map of the Philippines & the Best Birding Sites

Family Groups of Birds found in the Philippines:

Parrots ... Seabirds, Waders, Wetland and Inland Water Birds ... Doves & Pigeons ... Cuckoos and Coucals
Babblers ... Bulbuls ... Kingfishers ... Swifts & Swiftlets ... White-eyes

Listing of birds (other than parrots) native to, or found in, the Philippines:

Photos of Birds


A - N (below) or O - Z

Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) - Winters in the Philippines

Bar-bellied Cuckooshrikes (Coracina striata)

Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)

Black-and-white Triller (Lalage melanoleuca) - Endemic forest bird

Black-bibbed Cicadabirds (Coracina mindanensis) - Endemic forest birds

Black-headed Munia or Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla, formerly Lonchura malacca atricapilla)

Blackish Cuckooshrike (Coracina coerulescens) - Endemic

Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) aka Black-naped Blue Monarch

Black Shama (Copsychus cebuensis) - Endemic to the island of Cebu, Philippines. Most important sites: the Central Cebu Protected Landscape, the forests of Alcoy and Argao, and the shrublands of Casili, Consolacion - Forest bird

Blue-headed Fantail (Rhipidura cyaniceps) - Forest bird

Celestial Monarch / Flycatcher (Hypothymis coelestis) - Endemic

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) - Western Philippines

Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)

Dark-throated Oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus)

Fiery Minivet (Pericrocotus igneus)

Flowerpeckers

Green-backed Whistler (Pachycephala albiventris) - Endemic

Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) aka Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe's Golden-backed Woodpecker

Isabela Oriole (Oriolus isabellae) - Luzon, the Philippines

Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)

Javan Frogmouth (Batrachostomus javensis)

Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

Long-billed Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis grandis) - Endemic

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala grisola)

McGregor's Cuckooshrikes or Sharp-tailed Cuckooshrikes (Coracina mcgregori) - Endemic

Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) - Range: Winters in Philippines


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