Government agencies, volunteers, members of the academe, wildlife enthusiasts and bird photographers gather together every second or third week of January annually to join the census activity of water bird population and its distribution within the City’s identified wetlands.
The Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources personnel joined the census activity of water bird population on January 9, 2023 at Zamboanga State College of Marine Sciences and Technology (ZSCMST) and Great and Little Sta. Cruz Islands Protected Landscape and Seascape. On January 18, the same activity was conducted at Bog Lake, Upper Calarian, Zamboanga City. Below are the following findings and observations, to wit:
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Wetland Areas |
Species |
No. of Population |
|
ZSCMST ( Jan.9) |
Black winged stilt |
165 |
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Black crowned night heron |
262 |
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Rufous night heron |
86 |
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Little heron |
7 |
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Purple heron |
2 |
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Javan pond heron |
1 |
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Yellow bittern |
2 |
|
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swamphen |
1 |
|
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moorehen |
17 |
|
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Phil duck |
5 |
|
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Whiskered tern |
59 |
|
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egret |
417 |
|
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Greater sand plover |
2 |
|
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Red shank |
1 |
|
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Pacific reef heron |
4 |
|
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sandpiper |
2 |
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Others: |
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Brahminy kite |
3 |
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Blue collared kingfiher |
2 |
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Large bill crow |
5 |
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Euarasian sparrow |
12 |
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Blue tailed bee eater |
2 |
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Plain throated sunbird |
3 |
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Yellow bented bulbul |
2 |
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Chestnut huria |
2 |
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Wetland Areas |
Species |
No. of Population |
|
Great & Little Sta Cruz |
Egret |
5 |
|
Islands Protected |
Purple heron |
1 |
|
Landscape & Seascape |
Javan pond heron |
3 |
|
(Jan.9) |
Phil duck |
6 |
|
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Whiskered tern |
8 |
|
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Eurasian Curlew |
4 |
|
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sandpiper |
8 |
|
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Beach stone curlew |
1 |
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Others: |
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Brahminy kite |
2 |
|
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Blue collared kingfisher |
2 |
|
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Phil. Magpie robin |
6 |
|
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Yellow bented bulbul |
2 |
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Bog Lake, Upper Calarian |
Moorehen |
10 |
|
(Jan. 18) |
Whiskered tern |
12 |
|
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Egret |
26 |
|
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Rufous night heron |
3 |
|
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Javan pond heron |
7 |
|
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Purple heron |
4 |
|
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Yellow bittern |
5 |
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Others: |
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swallows |
112 |
|
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fantail |
2 |
|
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Yellow bented bulbul |
2 |
|
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Blue tailed bee eater |
6 |
|
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Zebra dove |
3 |
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Brahminy kite |
2 |
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Blue collared kingfisher |
2 |
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Spotted dove |
3 |
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– Fernandez, M. (2023)
-Photo credits to DENR IX