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56. Common Moorhen (e) (Gallinula chloropus) (C)
Luzon
14/5 100 Candaba Marsh (endemic, breeding ssp. lozanoi)
Palawan (endemic, breeding ssp. lozanoi)
24/5 2 in wet grassland outside Iwahig Penal Colony.
Mindanao (endemic, breeding ssp. lozanoi)
4/6 2 at wetland in Bislig Airport.
57. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) (C)
Luzon
14/5 40 in breeding plumage, Candaba Marsh. In breeding plumage, with its long tail, this must
be one of the worlds most elegant waders.
58. Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) (C)
Luzon
14/5 10 flushed at Candaba Marsh.
Palawan
22/5 1 at rice paddies at Last Frontier Paradise Hotel, Sabang, 24/5 3 rice paddies outside
Iwahig Penal Colony.
59. Black-winged Stilt (M) (Himantopus himantopus) (C)
Luzon
14/5 50 Candaba Marsh. Northern migrant ssp. himantopus (absence of black hind neck in ad.)
(Note: Some authors treat the 2 races found in the Philippines as full species: Black-winged Stilt Himantopus
himantopus and White-headed Stilt Himantopus lecocephalus).
60. Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) (C)
Luzon
12/5 1 Ninoy Aquino Int. Airport (observed by Shack).14/5 20 Candaba Marsh, apparently
breeding birds, 25/5 5 Ninoy Aquino Int. Airport, 8/6 1 over Manila.
Negros
26/5 5 in fields between Bacolod and Mt. Kanlaon.
61. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) (C)
Luzon
14/5 12 Candaba Marsh, 9 in rice paddies, drive Candaba Marsh – Banaue.
Mindanao
4/6 1 at wetland in Bislig Airport.
62. Greater Sandplover (M) (Charadrius leschenaultii) (C)
Palawan
20/5 6 at mangrove coast, Puerto Princesa.
63. Bukidnon Woodcock (E) (Scolopax bukidnonensis) (C)
Mindanao
31/5 1 in display flight in twilight around the Del Monte Lodge, Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon
Province. It gave a strange snoring and ringing sound, while flying low over the fields and trees
around the lodge, in the misty weather. We even saw it land briefly on the ground, just next to
us and the house.