Human-Altered Tree-Based Habitats and Their Value in Conserving Bird and Bat Diversity in Northeast Luzon, The Philippines - Smallholder Tree Growing for Rural Development and Environmental Services - page 346

Table 16.3 (continued)
English name Scientific name Habitat

preference

Gmelina
forest

Home
gardens

Shrub-
land

Total

Orange-fingered
Myotis

Myotis rufopictus V 0.006 0.027 0.014 5

Lesser Asian House
Bat

Scotophilus kuhlii O 0.006 0.075 12

Relative abundances of birds (individuals observed per point count) and bats (individuals caught
per net-night) per habitat and the total number of observed birds and captured bats per species.
Habitat preference: O = Open areas, F = Forest, V = Various. Philippine endemic species in bold.
Cave roosting species indicated with b (bats only)
a Anas luzonica and Haplonycteris fischeri both classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN red list of
threatened species (2006)

Photo 16.3 Philippine Bulbul Ixos philippinus . An endemic forest bird fairly common in
Gmelina forest (©Van Weerd)

ceps and Dicaeum australe . One endemic forest bird was only recorded for home-
gardens, Loriculus philippensis, a flower and nectar eating parrot. Another small
endemic forest parrot, the fruit-eating Bolbopsittacus lunulatus and Pachycephala
philippinensis were only found in shrub-land. The endemic forest bird Orthotomus