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A Sample: Use of Topical Stamps in Education & Research - List of Some Endemic Birds of the Philippines

Black-faced Coucal (Centropus melanops banken) - Found or known to have occurred in Biliran, Bohol, Leyte, and Samar

 

Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii) - Found or known to have occurred in Mindoro

 

Blue-backed Parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus duponti) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon

 

Blue-capped Wood-Kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni) - Found or known to have occurred in Mindanao (Mounts Apo, Busa, Hilong-hilong, Kitanglad, and Pasian)

 

Blue-naped Parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis)- Found or known to have occurred in Luzon and Mindoro

Brown Banded Rail (Dryolimnas mirificus) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon (Apayao, Benguet, Camarines Norte, Kalinga, Mountain Province, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Vizcaya)

 

Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata palawanensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Palawan

 

Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala haemacephala) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon and Mindoro

 

Cream-bellied Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus merrilli faustinoi) - Found or known to have occurred in the Northern Sierra Madre Mountain (from Baler, Aurora to Cagayan province)

 

Dark-eared Brown-Dove (Phapitreron cinereiceps brunneiceps) - Found or known to have occurred in Basilan and Mindanao (Bukidnon province and Mounts Apo, Busa, Hilong-hilong, Kitanglad, Malindang and Mayo)

 

Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus marchei) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon

 

Giant Scops-Owl (Mimizuku gurneyi) - Found or known to have occurred in Mindanao

 

Green Racquet-tail (Prioniturus luconensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon and Marinduque

 

Guaiabero (Bolbopsittacus lunulatus lunulatus) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon

 

Island Swiftlet (Collocalia vanikorensis palawanensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Palawan

 

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis philippensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Bohol, Cebu, Guimaras, Luzon, Mindoro, Negros, Palawan, and Panay

 

Luzon Bleeding-Heart (Gallicolumba luzonica griseolateralis) - Found or known to have occurred in Northern Luzon

 

Luzon Scops-Owl (Otus longicornis) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon

 

Mindanao Bleeding-Heart (Gallicolumba criniger leytensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Leyte and Samar

 

Mindanao Lorikeet (Trichoglossus johnstoniae johnstoniae) - Found or known to have occurred in Central Mindanao

 

Mindanao Scops-Owl (Otus mirus) - Found or known to have occurred in Mindanao (Mounts Apo, Hilong-hilong, and Kitanglad)

 

Mindoro Bleeding-Heart (Gallicolumba platenae) - Found or known to have occurred in Mindoro

 

Mindoro Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula mindorensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Mindoro

 

Mindoro Scops-Owl (Otus mindorensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Mindoro

 

Negros Bleeding-Heart (Gallicolumba keayi) - Found or known to have occurred in Negros

 

Negros Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus arcanus) - Found or known to have occurred in Mt. Kanlaon, Negros

 

Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron emphanum) - Found or known to have occurred in Palawan

The giant scops-owl on enlarged stamp and the Luzon bleeding heart pigeon

The Mindoro imperial pigeon in green box and the Philippine eagle on main parts of first day covers

Palawan Scops-Owl (Otus fuliginosus) - Found or known to have occurred in Palawan

 

Philippine Eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao

 

Philippine Eagle-Owl (Bubo philippensis philippensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon, Leyte, Samar and Mindanao

 

Philippine Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus philippensis philippensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon

 

Philippine Scops-Owl (Otus megalotis megalotis) - Found or known to have occurred in Catanduanes and Marinduque

 

Philippine Trogon (Harpactes ardens herbeti) - Found or known to have occurred in Northeast Luzon

 

Pompadour Green-Pigeon (Treron pompadora amadoni) - Found or known to have occurred in Northern Luzon

 

Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio pulverulentus) - Found or known to have occurred in Basilan, Bohol, Luzon, Mindanao, Mindoro, and Panay

 

Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda linae) - Found or known to have occurred in Palawan

 

Rufous Hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax hydrocorax) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon and Marinduque

 

Spotted Buttonquail (Turnix ocellata benguetensis) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon (Abra, Benguet, Aurora, Ilocos Norte, and Isabela)

 

Spotted Imperial Pigeon (Ducula carola carola) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon, Mindoro, and Sibuyan

 

Sulu Bleeding-Heart (Gallicolumba menagei) - Found or known to have occurred in Tawi-tawi

 

Walden's Hornbill (Aceros waldeni) - Found or known to have occurred in Guimaras, Negros, and Panay

 

Whitehead's Swiftlet (Collocalia whiteheadi whiteheadi) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon

 

Worcester's Buttonquail (Turnix worcesteri) - Found or known to have occurred in Luzon (Benguet, Nueva Vizcaya, and Rizal)

 

Source: 2004 Statistics on Philippine Protected Areas and Wildlife Resources and National Red List of Philippine Fauna, Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau, Department of Natural Resources, Philippines, 2010 Version of the Website

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