Philippines
What is recorded in Philippines
- Species
- 3,824
- Grid cells
- 22,835
- Records
- 1,042,346
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Bony fish 1,885
- Insects 912
- Birds 539
- Reptiles 199
- Mammals 146
- Amphibians 105
- Sharks and rays 37
- Chimaeras 1
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Philippines, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Philippines, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus goiavier
Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris
Philippine Pied Fantail
Rhipidura nigritorquis
Corvus philippinus
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
Brown Shrike
Lanius cristatus
Grey-rumped Swiftlet
Collocalia marginata
Philippine Bulbul
Hypsipetes philippinus
Olive-backed Sunbird
Cinnyris jugularis
Golden-bellied Gerygone
Gerygone sulphurea
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Philippine Coucal
Centropus viridis
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Philippines.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Philippines on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.