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Palawan
This checklist includes all bird species found in Palawan , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2021. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Palawan [map]
Other names: Province of Palawan
Number of species: 353
Number of endemics: 19
Number of globally threatened species: 20
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2022-05-30
Number of endemics: 19
Number of globally threatened species: 20
Number of introduced species: 3
Last modified: 2022-05-30
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| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
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| Tabon Scrubfowl | Megapodius cumingii | |
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| Palawan Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron napoleonis | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Philippine Collared-Dove | Streptopelia dusumieri | Vulnerable |
| Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Philippine Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia tenuirostris | |
| Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Near-threatened |
| White-eared Brown-Dove | Phapitreron leucotis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| Philippine Green-Pigeon | Treron axillaris | |
| Thick-billed Green-Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | |
| Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus occipitalis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | |
| Black-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
| Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| Gray Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pickeringii | Vulnerable |
| Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
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| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
| Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx pectoralis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Palawan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus chaseni | |
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| Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| Pygmy Swiftlet | Collocalia troglodytes | Endemic (country/region) |
| Gray-rumped Swiftlet | Collocalia marginata | |
| Philippine Swiftlet | Aerodramus mearnsi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Whitehead's Swiftlet | Aerodramus whiteheadi | Data deficient |
| Ameline Swiftlet | Aerodramus amelis | |
| Mossy-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus salangana | |
| Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | |
| White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
| Germain's Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Barred Rail | Gallirallus torquatus | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Philippine Swamphen | Porphyrio pulverulentus | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| Plain Bush-hen | Amaurornis olivacea | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | Near-threatened |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | Critically endangered |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | Near-threatened |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | Vulnerable |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Nankeen Night-Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Japanese Night-Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | Vulnerable |
| Malayan Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
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| Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Philippine Honey-buzzard | Pernis steerei | |
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| Philippine Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus philippensis | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Pinsker's Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus pinskeri | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | Near-threatened |
| Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| Eastern Marsh-Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
| Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus ichthyaetus | Near-threatened |
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| Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
| Oriental Bay-Owl | Phodilus badius | Rare/Accidental |
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| Palawan Scops-Owl | Otus fuliginosus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Mantanani Scops-Owl | Otus mantananensis | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Spotted Wood-Owl | Strix seloputo | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
| Chocolate Boobook | Ninox randi | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Luzon Boobook | Ninox philippensis | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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| Palawan Hornbill | Anthracoceros marchei | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx rufidorsa | |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| Brown-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon gularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Rufous-crowned Bee-eater | Merops americanus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
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| Red-headed Flameback | Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus | Endangered |
| Spot-throated Flameback | Dinopium everetti | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | Vulnerable |
| White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Philippine Cockatoo | Cacatua haematuropygia | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
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| Blue-headed Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platenae | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Blue-naped Parrot | Tanygnathus lucionensis | Near-threatened |
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| Blue-breasted Pitta | Erythropitta erythrogaster | |
| Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
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| Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
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| Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | Near-threatened |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
| Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina striata | |
| Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | |
| Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Lalage melaschistos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
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| Dark-throated Oriole | Oriolus xanthonotus | Near-threatened |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
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| Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
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| Philippine Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura nigritorquis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| Blue Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone cyanescens | Endemic |
| Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | Near-threatened |
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| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
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| Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Citrine Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa helianthea | |
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| Palawan Tit | Periparus amabilis | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
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| Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | |
| Gray-backed Tailorbird | Orthotomus derbianus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| Gray's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes fasciolatus | |
| Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes ochotensis | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
| Tawny Grassbird | Cincloramphus timoriensis | |
| Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
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| Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius melanocephalos | |
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| Ashy-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus cinereifrons | Endemic |
| Gray-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus frater | Endemic |
| Sulphur-bellied Bulbul | Iole palawanensis | Endemic |
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| Philippine Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus olivaceus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthodryas | |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
| Kamchatka Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus examinandus | |
| Yellow-breasted Warbler | Phylloscopus montis | |
| Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | |
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| Mountain Tailorbird | Phyllergates cucullatus | |
| Sunda Bush Warbler | Horornis vulcanius | |
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| Palawan Striped-Babbler | Zosterornis hypogrammicus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Yellowish White-eye | Zosterops nigrorum | Endemic (country/region) |
| Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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| Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
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| Palawan Babbler | Malacopteron palawanense | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Ashy-headed Babbler | Pellorneum cinereiceps | Endemic |
| Falcated Wren-Babbler | Ptilocichla falcata | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
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| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
| Coleto | Sarcops calvus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
| Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | Rare/Accidental |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | Introduced species |
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| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
| Chinese Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
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| Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Philippine Magpie-Robin | Copsychus mindanensis | |
| White-browed Shama | Copsychus luzoniensis | |
| White-vented Shama | Copsychus niger | Endemic |
| Palawan Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis lemprieri | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| Zappey's Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cumatilis | Near-threatened |
| White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana | |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | Rare/Accidental |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| Palawan Flycatcher | Ficedula platenae | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Bundok Flycatcher | Ficedula luzoniensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
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| Palawan Flowerpecker | Prionochilus plateni | Endemic |
| Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | |
| Pygmy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum pygmaeum | |
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| Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| Purple-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma sperata | Endemic (country/region) |
| Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | |
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| Lovely Sunbird | Aethopyga shelleyi | |
| Handsome Sunbird | Aethopyga bella | Endemic (country/region) |
| Pale Spiderhunter | Arachnothera dilutior | Endemic |
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| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
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| Yellow-throated Leafbird | Chloropsis palawanensis | Endemic |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| White-bellied Munia | Lonchura leucogastra | |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| Pin-tailed Parrotfinch | Erythrura prasina | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
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| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
References (partial list)
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