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Bohol
27/5 8 between Tagbilaran and Chocolate Hills
Mindanao
3/6 2 between Mt. Kitanglad and Davao, 4/6 5 Bislig Airport.
10. Chinese Egret (M) (VU) (Egretta eulophotes) (C)
Palawan
24/5 3 adults in breeding plumage at Iwahig Fish Ponds, 1 adult at Rasa Island.
Note: The Philippine islands of Palawan, Bohol and Olango may be a main wintering area for this globally
endangered species. (Kennedy & Fisher).
11. Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra) (C)
Palawan
21/5 1 at beach, Sabang, 22/5 3 do., 23/5 1 do.
12. Chinese Pond-Heron (M) (Ardeola bacchus) (C)
Palawan
21/5 3 in breeding plumage in rice paddies at Last Frontier Paradise Hotel, Sabang, 22/5 2 do.
13. Javan Pond-Heron (Ardeola speciosa) (C)
Mindanao
3/6 9 in breeding plumage in rice paddies between Mt. Kitanglad and Davao, 6/6 2 during drive
from Bislig to Davao.
Note: A recent colonist of the Philippines. Breeding is suspected, but not recorded. (Kennedy & Fisher).
14. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis coromandus) (C)
Luzon
14/5 150 Candaba Marsh, 16/5 50 Banaue-Tuguegarao.
Palawan
21/5 40 Puerto Princesa – Sabang, 22/5 80 Sabang, 23/5 60 Sabang, 50 Tagburos saltpans at
mangrove coast near Puerto Princesa, 24/5 30 Iwahig Penal Colony, 25/5 12 Narra – Puerto
Princesa
Bohol
29/5 50 fields around Tagbilaran.
15. Striated (Little) Heron (Butorides striata carcinophilus) (C)
Palawan
20/5 1 at mangrove coast, Puerto Princesa, 23/5 1 Tagburos saltpans at mangrove coast near
Puerto Princesa, 24/5 2 Rasa Island
16. Black-crowned Night-Heron (M) (Nycticorax nycticorax) (C)
Luzon
14/5 300 in breeding colony, Candaba Marsh.
(Note: Formerly considered a migrant species only, but by our observation, a.o., now proved to breed as well)
17. Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) (C)
Luzon
14/5 50 Candaba Marsh