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. 2023 Jul 28;18(7):e0289001. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0289001

Table 1. Summary of bird species heard and number of sound samples each species was detected out of 280 samples per recording point.

Family Common Name Scientific Name Site A Site B Site C
Acanthizidae Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea 32 127 143
Alcedinidae Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris 46 76 105
Ardeidae Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2 0 2
Artamidae White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 3 2 0
Campephagidae Pied Triller Lalage nigra 2 5 3
Caprimulgidae Philippine Nightjar* Caprimulgus manillensis 2 1 2
Columbidae Zebra Dove Geopelia striata 1 2 11
Corvidae Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 32 127 143
Dicaeidae Red-keeled Flowerpecker* Dicaeum australe 24 4 35
Pygmy Flowerpecker* Dicaeum pygmaeum 0 0 1
Laniidae Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 13 6 1
Megalaimidae Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus 0 7 31
Muscicapidae Philippine Magpie-robin* Copsychus mindanensis 5 1 1
Nectariniidae Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis 69 47 28
Oriolidae Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis 130 121 86
Passeridae Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 84 49 86
Picidae Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker* Yungipicus maculatus 15 3 4
Psittaculidae Philippine Hanging Parrot* Loriculus philippensis 21 16 33
Pycnonotidae Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier 115 155 97
Rhipiduridae Philippine Pied Fantail* Rhipidura nigritorquis 36 21 23
Zosteropidae Lowland White-eye Zosterops meyeni 18 66 8

From July 2020 to January 2022, 21 species from 20 families were heard in the National Science Complex. Asterisk (*) indicates Philippine endemic species.