Bird watching date: 27 Sept - 30 Sept
Brea covered
Raja Sikatuna Protected Landscape (RSPL); Loboc Protected Forest; Bilar (Chocolate hill, Butterfly Garden)
Being first time bird watching in Philippines, lifers are everywhere for us. In the forest area the bird density is rather low, but we fortunately ticked most of the Visayas endemic species. Bird watching or even hiking facilities is rather humble in RSPL. We hired bird watching guide Ryan to arrange the trip whom found us many local endemic species. Tourist supporting facilities in the area is not bad, as Bohol is a developed tourist point.
Unless you want to dig out every species in the forest, otherwise 2 to 3 days is more than enough for you to discovery the RSPL. Other than RSPL, it seems no other good forest in Bohol for bird watching.
Although it is not a bad place for bird watching, we have no reason to go back again, as we have already got most of the important endemic.
Highlight of
Raja Sikatuna Protected Landscape:
Crested Goshawk - different taxa to HK?
Steere's Pitta - only heard in close
Philippine Frogmouth - late breeder
Visayan Wattled broadbill - briefly seen.
Blue Fantail - not uncommon
Yellow-bellied Tailorbird - common but difficult to see
Yellow-bellied whistler
Visayan Hornbill
Greater Flameback
Silvery Kingfisher
Rufous-lored Kingfisher
Philippine Scopes Owl
Black-faced Coucal
Brown Tit-babbler
Striped Wren Babbler
Philippine Fairy-Bluebird
Pygmy Swiflet
Loboc Watershed Protected Forest:
Philippine trogon
Visayan Hornbill
Coleto
White-eared Brown Dove
Amethyst Brown Dove
White-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Tailorbird
Brown Tit-Babbler
Striped Wren Babbler
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
Red-kneeled Flowerpecker
Metallic-winged Sunbird
Purple-throated Sunbird
Lovely Sunbird
Changeable Hawk Eagle
Bilar:
Silvery Kingfisher
White-throated Kingfisher - different taxa to HK?
Pygmy Swift
Philippine Bulbul
Philippine Scopes Owl
Mammals:
Philippine Flying Lemur is rather common in RSPR
Silvery Kingfisher
Rufous-lored Kingfisher
Red-kneeled Flowerpecker
Philippine Scopes Owl
Philippine Frogmouth
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Last edited by gary at 6/10/2012 18:30 ]
