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1/6 1 male at nesthole, Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province. A magnificent, large
kingfisher species, and a Mindanao endemic. A small forest lot high up along the trail,
known to Tim, was holding a breeding pair, and the male was - to our luck - still at the
nest site. 2/6 1 female encountered in another forest lot on Mt. Kitanglad, not far
above del Monte Lodge (stream trail), while we were looking in vain for Bagoba
Babbler. 4/6 1 heard in PICOP logging concession area at Bislig, east coast of
Mindanao.
159. Blue-throated Bee-eater (e) (Merops viridis americanus) (C)
Luzon
16/5 5 near village at Camp 1, Northern Sierra Madres Mts. near Baliwag, 17/5 1 walk
from Camp 1 to Hamut Camp, Northern Sierra Madres Mts., 19/5 3 walk Hamut
Camp to Camp 1, 20/5 4 walk Camp 1 to Baliwag.
160. Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) (C)
Luzon
12/5 8 Los Banos.13/5 10 do.14/5 6 Candaba Marsh, 16/5 1 Banaue-Tuguegarao, 5
Baliwag – Camp 1, Northern Sierra Madres Mts., 17/5 2 walk from Camp 1 to Hamut
Camp, Northern Sierra Madres Mts., 20/5 2 walk Camp 1 to Baliwag.
161. Luzon Tarictic Hornbill (E) (Penelopides manillae) (C)
Luzon
13/5 2 Mt. Makiling, 17/5 1 walk from Camp 1 to Hamut Camp, Northern Sierra
Madres Mts.
(Note: Former Tarictic Hornbill Penelopides panini has been divided into 4 species: Tarictic,
Mindanao, Visayan and Mindoro Tarictic Hornbills, and by Clements even into 5 species, adding the
Samar Tarictic Hornbill).
162. Mindanao Tarictic Hornbill (E) (Penelopides affinis) (C)
Mindanao (ssp. affinis)
2/6 2-3 Mt. Kitanglad, Bukidnon Province, 4/6 6 in PICOP logging concession area at
Bislig, east coast of Mindanao, 5/6 3 do., 6/6 2 do.
163. Samar Tarictic Hornbill (E) (Penelopides samarensis) (C)
Bohol (ssp. samarensis)
27/5 1 at park headquarters, Rajah Sikatuna National Park, 28/5 3 do., in the N.P
Note: Clements considers the subspecies samarensis of Biliran, Bohol, Calicoan, Leyte and Samar a
distinct species. Kennedy and Fisher place this subspecies with the Mindanao Tarictic Hornbill
Penelopides affinis. We follow Clements.
164. Visayan Tarictic Hornbill (E) (EN) (Penelopides panini) (C)
Negros
26/5 1 Mt. Kanlaon in forest, seen well. Flying and sitting.
Note: The Visayan Hornbill is now considered an endangered species.
165. Writhed Hornbill (E) (NT) (Aceros leucocephalus) (C)
Mindanao
3/6 4 in lowland rainforest, along the road near Bislig, between Davao and Bislig, 4/6
2 in PICOP logging concession area at Bislig, east coast of Mindanao, 5/6 4 do., 7/6 1
Mount Sinaka, Arakan Province, central Mindanao.