2009, December 28. Philippine Birds - Definitives (Reprints
2009B)
Litho Offset.
Amstar Company, Inc. Perf. 13.5
Singles; Se-tenant Blocks of
4
(25 blocks per sheet), Sheets of 100
(10 x 10)
10p
Blue-Crowned Racquet-Tail - Singles
(1,000,000)
Se-tenant
Blocks of Four (287,500)
26p Philippine Tailorbird
26p Mountain Tailordbird
26p Black-Headed
Tailorbird
26p Ashy Tailorbird
Design: All pictures taken from
the book "A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines" by Robert S.
Kennedy, Pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C. Dickinson, Hector C. Miranda,
Jr., and Timothy H. Fisher.
First Day Covers: Manila
Blue-headed Racquet-tail (Prioniturus
discurus).
Found on all the larger islands of the
Philippines not starting with "P" (i.e., not Palawan or Panay). It
is 27cm, basically green with a blue crown, bluish undertail,
whitish beak, and dark underwings with green coverts. The
Blue-headed Racquet-tail (P. platenae) was formerly included in this
species.
There are three or four subspecies:
(1) P. d.
discurus: Jolo, Mindanao, Olutanga,
Basiilan, Guimara, Luzon;
(2)
P. d. whiteheadi: Negros, Bohol,
Samar, Leyte, Masbate, Cebu. Less blue on crown;
(3)
P. d. nesophilus: Tablas, Sibuyan,
Catanduanes. Still less blue. May be part of P.d.
whiteheadi;
(4)
P. d. mindorensis: Mindoro. Green
forehead, hindcrown shades to violet.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-crowned_Racquet-tail)
26p Philippine Tailorbird (Orthotomus castaneiceps).
A species of Old World warbler in the
Sylviidae family. It is found only in the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are subtropical
or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical
mangrove forests.
26p Mountain Tailorbird (Orthotomus cuculatus).
A species of Old World warbler in the
Sylviidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia,
China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or
tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist
montanes.
Very common montane species but fast
moving bird. Seen frequently at the park in pairs. Often part of
bird waves.
26p Black-headed Tailorbird (Orthotomus nigriceps).
A
songbird species in the family
Cisticolidae. It was formerly included in the "Old World warbler"
assemblage.
Endemic to Mindanao, secretive and
hard to see. All black head with white eyebrow. White-throat in
female.
It is found only in the Philippines.
26p Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps).
A species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found
in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist
lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Ashy Tailorbirds eat insects. They are
very common in mangroves, energetically foraging in the lower
understorey; moving and calling constantly.