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Table 16.3 Relative abundances of bird and bat species for Gmelina forest, homegardens and
shrub-land in the Cagayan Valley, northeast Luzon
English name Scientific name Habitat

preference

Gmelina
forest

Home
gardens

Shrub-
land

Total

Birds
Little Heron Butorides striatus O 0.028 1

Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus O 0.056 2

Philippine Duck a Anas luzonica O 0.028 1

Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus O 0.028 1

Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos O 0.028 1

Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus V 0.217 0.111 14

White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea O 0.028 1

Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea O 0.065 0.056 5

White-breasted
Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus O 0.056 2

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius O 0.139 5

Island Collared-Dove Streptopelia bitorquata O 0.043 0.028 3

Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica O 0.630 0.083 0.111 36

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis O 0.196 0.194 16

Zebra Dove Geopelia striata O 0.587 0.500 0.194 52

Common Emerald
Dove

Chalcophaps indica F 0.109 0.028 0.028 7

Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus F 0.139 5

Colasisi Loriculus philippensis F 0.056 2

Philippine Hawk-
cuckoo

Cuculus pectoralis F 0.022 1

Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus F 0.028 1

Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis O 0.022 0.056 3

Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis V 0.457 0.056 0.222 31

Great Eared Nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis V 0.028 1

Island Swiflet Aerodramus vanikorensis V 0.152 0.111 0.056 13

Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata F 0.022 1

White-throated
Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis V 0.087 0.111 0.083 11

Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus O 0.174 0.028 0.056 11

Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica O 0.028 1

Striated Swallow Cecropis striolata O 0.611 22

Australasian Lark Mirafra javanica O 0.028 1

Pied Triller Lalage nigra V 0.239 0.028 0.028 13

Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier V 0.978 0.972 0.583 101

Philippine Bulbul Ixos philippinus F 0.565 26

Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis V 0.478 0.139 0.139 32

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos F 0.111 0.167 10

Oriental Magpie
Robin

Copsychus saularis F 0.087 4

Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata O 0.087 0.389 18

Golden-bellied
Flyeater

Gerygone sulphurea V 0.217 0.028 0.056 13

Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis O 0.261 0.028 0.056 15

Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris O 0.304 0.194 1.056 59

Philippine Tailorbird Orthotomus castaneiceps F 0.261 0.111 0.028 17

Bright-capped
Cisticola

Cisticola exilis O 0.083 3

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