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area, 19/5 8 walk Hamut Camp to Camp 1, 20/5 1 Camp 1.
Palawan
21/5 4 Puerto Princesa – Sabang, and 1 male in forest behind Last Frontier Paradise
Hotel, Sabang, 22/5 3 at St. Paul’s Underground River N.P., Sabang, 23/5 4 during
walk to Central Park Station, St. Paul’s Under-ground River N.P., Sabang, 24/5 1
heard Bautahan River Trail, Iwahig Penal Colony.
Bohol
28/5 2 heard Rajah Sikatuna National Park, Chocolate Hills, 29/5 5 do.
Cebu
30/5 3 in Central Cebu National Park, at the village of Tabunan.
Mindanao
4/6 2 heard in lowland rainforest, PICOP logging concession area at Bislig, east coast
of Mindanao, 5/6 2 seen, do., 6/6 5 heard calling, do., 7/6 1 Mount Sinaka, Arakan
Province, central Mindanao.
288. Celestial Monarch (E) (VU) (Hypothymis coelestis) (C)
Mindanao
6/6 One male seen in a mixed bird party in lowland rainforest, PICOP logging
concession area at Bislig, east coast of Mindanao (ssp. coelestis).
We could hear the distant call of this incredible species from the forest, a loud,
ringing three-note whistle, repeated constantly - and followed the sound. After 20 to
30 minutes searching and climbing through limestome rocks in the jungle, we
eventually found a birdwave. And the Celestial was in there somewhere, since we
could hear it calling eagerly. Hoddinott spotted the bird, and we all (except Tim and
Bob, who did not join us), saw it well a couple of times, though briefly. It was seen
only a litlle above eyelevel, since we were sitting on the top of a tall rock in the
forest. The male bird is not as bright cobolt blue as shown in the book – rather more
pale, turqoise or sky blue. And the long crest was not raised. Still – this was a
heavenly moment on the trip, to have the luck to see this enigmatic and rare species
on our last morning in PICOP.
289. Short-crested Monarch (E) (NT) (Hypothymis helenae) (C)
Mindanao (ssp. agusanae)
4/6 1 fine male on its song post, in lowland rainforest, PICOP logging concession
area at Bislig, east coast of Mindanao. Crippling, close views of this magnificent
Philippine endemic, 5/6 2 seen, do., 6/6 3 heard calling, do.
290. Green-backed Whistler (E) (Pachycephala albiventris) (C)
Luzon
15/5 5 Mt. Polis, Cordilleran Mts. ssp. albiventris.
291. White-vented Whistler (NE) (Pachycephala homeyeri) (C)
Negros (ssp.winchelli)
26/5 4 on Mt. Kanlaon, seen from quite low in the secondary forest and further up.
We noticed, that a singing bird on a song post did not respond to tape at all.
Cebu (Cebu endemic ssp. major)
30/5 5 in Central Cebu National Park, at the village of Tabunan.