Check List 4(2): 137-141, doi: 10.15560/4.2.137
Birds, Babuyan Islands, province of Cagayan, northern Philippines: new island distribution records
Carl Oliveros‡, A. Townsend Peterson§, Mark Jason C. Villa‡ Isla Biodiversity Conservation, Philippines§ University of Kansas, United States of America
Corresponding author: Carl Oliveros ( oliveros@ku.edu ) © 2017 Carl Oliveros, A. Peterson, Mark Villa. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Citation:
Oliveros C, Peterson A, Villa M (2008) Birds, Babuyan Islands, province of Cagayan, northern Philippines: new island distribution records. Check List 4(2): 137-141. https://doi.org/10.15560/4.2.137 |  |
Abstract
We present new bird distribution records from the Babuyan Islands in northern Philippines, gathered during recent biotic survey efforts in the area. This information represents a significant step towards a detailed understanding of the biodiversity of the region. We report three subspecies not previously recorded from the country: Ceyx erithaca erithaca, Turdus chrysolaus orii, and Motacilla alba leucopsis, providing new information about migratory patterns in the region. We also provide the first published records from the islets of Mabag and Barit, based on specimens in the collections of the U.S. National Museum of Natural History. With these records, the resident avifauna of this island group is relatively well-known, which will provide a firm foundation for planned studies of systematics and taxonomy of the bird fauna of the region.
Keywords
Aves; birds; Philippines; Babuyan Islands; new records; species inventory