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134. Palawan Swiftlet (E) (Aerodramus palawanensis) (C)
Palawan
21/5 50 Puerto princesa – Sabang, 22/5 app. 1000 at nests in underground river caves
in St. Pauls’s Underground River N.P., 23/5 100 over N.P. area, 24/5 3 Iwahig Penal
Colony, Bautahan River Trail, 10 Zigzag and Napsan Roads between Narra and
Puerto Princesa
Note: A split from Island Swiftlet The split of this taxon has recently been supported by biochemical
evidence (Price et al. 2004 , Thomassen et al. 2005). Ct.: Philippine Trip report 2006 by Don Roberson
& Blake Matheson. http://montereybay.com/creagrus/Philippines2005.html
135. Philippine Swiftlet (E) (Aerodramus mearnsi) (C)
Luzon
15/5 11 Mt. Polis, Cordillera Mts., 16/5 4 Banaue Hotel .
Mindanao
31/5 20 Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, 1/6 30 do., 2/6 50 do.
Note: A mountain species, usually found at elevations above 900 m.
136. Pale-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus germani) (C)
Palawan
22/5 3 birds at nests in underground river caves in St. Paul’s Underground River N.P.,
were identified by distinct pale rump.
Note: By some authors treated as a race of Edible-nest Swiftlet Collocalia fuciphaga, but now a recent
split, supported biochemically. See Price et al. 2004. Ct.: Philippine Trip report 2005 by Don Roberson
& Blake Matheson. http://montereybay.com/creagrus/Philippines2005.html
137. Glossy Swiftlet (e) (Collocalia esculenta) (C)
Luzon
12/5 20 Los Banos. ssp marginata, 13/5 10 do.,14/5 10 Lagawe Gorge, south of
Banaue. ssp. isonota, 15/5 10 Mt. Polis, Cordillera Mts., 16/5 4 Banaue Hotel, 10
Baliwag – Camp 1, Northern Sierra Madres Mts.,18/5 10 Hamut Camp area, Northern
Sierra Madres Mts., 19/5 3 during walk Hamut Camp to Camp 1.
Palawan (ssp. marginata)
21/5 10 Puerto Princesa – Sabang, 6 at forest behind Last Frontier Paradise Hotel,
Sabang. 22/5 30 St. Paul’s Underground River N.P., 23/5 20 do., 4 Sabang – Puerto
Princesa.
Negros (ssp. marginata)
26/5 10 Mt. Kanlaon.
Bohol (ssp.marginata)
27/5 1 at park headquarters, Rajah Sikatuna National Park, 28/5 10 do.
Cebu (ssp. marginata)
30/5 25 in Central Cebu National Park, at the village of Tabunan.
Mindanao (ssp. bagobo)
1/6 50 Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, 2/6 40 do., 3/6 10 do., 4/6 10 in PICOP
logging concession area at Bislig, east coast of Mindanao, 5/6 10 do.
Note: Some treat marginata of Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate, Cebu, Bohol and Palawan and
septentrionalis of Babuyan, Calayan and Camiguin Isl. as a species, Grey-rumped (or Philippine)
Swiftlet. This is not followed here.
138. Pygmy Swiftlet (E) (Collocalia troglodytes) (C)