Common Name | Scientific Name | Habitat Description |
Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | This bird species was observed in two sites (Marikit and Cozo). In Marikit, the area is a shallow coastal mangrove with a large sandy to a muddy substrate. The middle part has deep mud and silt. This area is dominated by Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea. In Cozo, the mangrove forest is located near the foot of Cozo mountain. The principal vegetation is Avicennia marina in the seaward most associated with Rhizophora apiculata, Bruguiera parviflora, and Bruguiera gymnorrhiza. |
Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | The site where these bird species were observed was muddy to sandy mudflat. Mangrove plants are scattered on the edge of the river extending to the foreshore of Casiguran Bay. Some parts of the mangrove area have been converted to artificial fishponds. |
Great Egret | Egretta alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | The area is generally an estuarine mangrove where a small deep mudflat occurs on both sides of the river. The coastal mangrove has an extensive muddy, sandy, and rocky substrate. The muddy mangrove emerges during low tide which favors the waterbirds. |
Greater Sand Plover | Charandrius leschenaultii | |
Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Kentish Plover | Charandrius alexandrinus |
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Lesser Sand Plover | Charandrius mongolus | |
Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numerius minutus | The area is generally an estuarine mangrove where a small deep mudflat occurs on both sides of the river. Associated mangrove species and plant associates are distributed from the mouth of the river extending to the upper reaches of the river. Muddy to sandy flats can be found that favor the occurrence of Avicennia marina, A. lanata, and Sonneratia alba. |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |