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 |
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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.