List of Fauna in the Eastern Visayas
editThe islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran were once a part of a larger island known as the Greater Mindanao. This is reflective of the status and both the flora and fauna of the region, hence, making the Islands of the Eastern Visayas to be under the Greater Mindanao Biogeographical region. Further evidence hereof can be observed by the shared faunal makeup in Mindanao and Bohol (i.e. Philippine tarsier, which can be found on all of these islands).
Mammals
editPhoto | Common Name | Scientific name | Order | Local Name/Taxon | Description |
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Philippine brown deer | Rusa marianna | Artiodactyla | Bugsók[1] | The only extant deer species in the eastern visayas region. | |
Philippine warty pig | Sus philippensis | Baboy ihalas | |||
Philippine palm civet | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus philippinensis | Carnivora | Mirô | An endemic subspecies of the asian palm civet.
Featured in the 20 Philippine peso bill. | |
Malayan civet | Viverra tagalunga | Garóng, Singgaróng | |||
Golden-crowned flying fox | Acerodon jubatus | Chiroptera | Kabog | ||
Lesser short-nosed fruit bat | Cynopterus brachyotis | Kulalaknit | |||
Long-tongued nectar bat | Macroglossus minimus | Kabag(?)[2] | Lives in Samar | ||
Common rousette | Rousettus amplexicaudatus | Balak-balak | |||
Large flying fox | Pteropus vampyrus | Panik | |||
Large Mindanao roundleaf bat | Hipposideros coronatus | Lived in Samar[2], might be locally extirpated | |||
Clear-winged woolly bat | Kerivoula pellucida | Lived in Samar, might be locally extirpated in the region. | |||
Great-bent winged bat | Miniopterus tristis | Lives in Samar | |||
Peter's trumpet-eared bat | Phoniscus jagorii | Balak-balak[2] | |||
Philippine forest horseshoe bat | Rhinolophus inops | Kagning, Kabat-kabat | |||
Northern woolly horseshoe bat | R. perniger | Lives in Leyte | |||
Lesser asian house bat | Scotophilus kuhlii | Kulalaknit, kulabnit | |||
Philippine flying lemur | Cynocephalus volans | Dermoptera | Kagwang | ||
Asian House shrew | Suncus marinus | Eulipotyphla | Minyak | ||
Mindanao shrew | Crocidura beatus | Kalagtsewey | |||
Long-tailed macaque | Macaca fascicularis philippensis | Primates | Ulot, Amo | An endemic subspecies of the crab-eating macaque | |
Philippine tarsier | Carlito syrichta syrichta | Magô | Nominate race | ||
Common philippine forest rat | Rattus everetti | Rodentia | Yatot | ||
Polynesian rat | R. exulans | ||||
Common field rat | R. mindanensis | A supposed subspecies of the black rat | |||
Oriental house rat | R. tanezumi | ||||
Samar squirrel | Sundasciurus samarensis | Lalagsing, ulalagsing | |||
Philippine pygmy squirrel | Exilisciurus concinnus | Ulalagsing |
Birds
editThe following are the list of non-migratory and non-accidental residents of the Eastern Visayas.[3]
Photo | Common Name | Scientific name | Order | Local Name | Description |
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Crested goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | Accipitriformes | Sikot | ||
Besra | A. virgatus | Banog | |||
Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | ||||
Brahminy kite | Haliastur indus | Banog | |||
White-bellied sea eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | Manaol | |||
Rufous-bellied eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | Banog | |||
Changeable hawk-eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | ||||
Pinsker's hawk-eagle | N. pinskeri | ||||
Philippine honey buzzard | Pernis steerei | ||||
Philippine eagle | Pithecophaga jefferyi | Manaol[4] | First formally described in Samar. | ||
Philippine serpent eagle | Spilornis holospilus | Sikop, Sikob | |||
Philippine swiftlet | Aerodramus mearnsi | Apodiformes | Salangan | ||
Mossy-nest swiftlet | A. salangana | Salangan | |||
House swift | Apus nipalensis | Balinsasayaw | |||
Grey-rumped swiftlet | Collocalia marginata | Balinsasayaw[2] | |||
Pygmy swiftlet | C. troglodytes | Balinsasayaw | |||
Asian palm swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | Balinsasayaw | |||
Purple needletail | Hirundapus celebensis | Balinsasayaw | |||
Philippine spinetailed swift | Mearnsia picina | Balinsasayaw | |||
Whiskered treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | Balinsasayaw ha guba | |||
Philippine duck | Anas luzonica | Anseriformes | Tamaw, Tamaw-tamaw, Namaw-tamaw,
Gakit |
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Wandering whistling duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Kulimaw, Gakit | |||
Southern rufous hornbill | Buceros semigaelatus | Bucerotiformes | Kalaw | The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) and Birdlife International, reconsidered this species as a separate to the Northern rufous hornbill | |
Samar tarictic hornbill | Penelopides samarensis | Talusi, Kalaw | |||
Savannah nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | Caprimulgiformes | Tagkaro | ||
Gray nightjar | C. indicus | Tagkaro | |||
Philippine nightjar | C. manillensis | Kaò-kaò, Tagkaro | |||
Great-eared nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | Kaò-kaò, Tagkaro | |||
Beach thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Charadriformes | Tabalalang, Tabilalang | ||
Malaysian plover | Charadrius peronii | Taringting | |||
Oriental pranticole | Glareola maldivarum | ||||
Whiskered tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Kanaway | |||
Roseate tern | Sterna dougallii | ||||
Black-naped tern | S. sumatrana | ||||
Little tern | Sternula albifrons | ||||
Pheasant-tailed jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | ||||
Comb-crested jacana | Irediparra gallinacea | ||||
Greater painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Manurog, Agatsona | |||
Woolly-necked stork | Ciconia episcopus | Ciconiiformes | Madre-madre, Dungon, Sigwenya | Went extinct in the region, maybe even in the whole Philippines. | |
Nicobar pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Columbiformes | Dundunay | ||
Common emerald dove | Chalcophaps indica | Manatad | |||
Common rock pigeon | Columba livia | Sarapati | |||
Metallic pigeon | C. vitiensis | Salampati | |||
Green imperial pigeon | Ducula aenea | Balod | |||
Pied imperial pigeon | D. bicolor | Kamaso | |||
Pink-bellied imperial pigeon | D. poliocephalia | Agum-om, Hagumhom | |||
Leyte bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba crinigera leytensis | Amumukid | Some authors considers the leytensis ssp. as a separate species from the Mindanao bleeding-heart | ||
Zebra dove | Geopelia striata | Kurokutok | |||
Philippine cuckoo-dove | Macropygia tenuirostris | Tugway, Tugwaw, Agiwon | |||
Amethyst brown dove | Phapitreron amethystina | Buro-buro | |||
Short-billed brown dove | P. brevirostris | Kuro-kuro, Limukon | |||
Black-chinned fruit dove | Ptinilopus lenchancheri | ||||
Black-naped fruit dove | P. melanospilus | ||||
Yellow-breasted fruit dove | P. occipitalis | Balorinay | |||
Spotted dove | Streptopelia chinensis | Kurukutok, Tukmo | |||
Philippine collared-dove | S. dusumieri | Tukmon, Tukmo | |||
Red collared-dove | S. tranquebarica | Tukmon, Tukmo | |||
Philippine green pigeon | Treron axiliaris | Punay | |||
Pink-necked green pigeon | T. vernans | Punay | |||
Northern silvery kingfisher | Ceyx flumenicola | Coraciiformes | Sibit | ||
Philippine dwarf kingfisher | C. melanurus | Sibit ha guba/
Sibit nga pula |
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Dimorphic dwarf kingfisher | C. margarethae | Sibit ha guba | |||
Brown-breasted kingfisher | H. gularis | Manaliksik, Kiyag-kiyagi | |||
Stork-billed kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | Bakaka | |||
Collared kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Tikarol, Takray, Saliksikan | |||
Rufous-lored kingfisher | T. winchelli | ||||
Southern rufous hornbill | Buceros semigaelatus | Kalaw | |||
Samar hornbill | Penelopides samarensis | Talusi | |||
Dollarbird | Eurystomys orientalis | Salak | |||
Rufous-crowned bee-eater | Merops americanus | Huraw-huraw | |||
Blue-tailed bee-eater | Merops philippinus | ||||
Plaintive cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | Cuculiformes | Kuko | ||
Rusty-breasted cuckoo | C. sepulcralis | Kuko | The term kuko may have been borrowed, used in waray translations on biblical cuckoos. | ||
Lesser coucal | Centropus bengalensis | Saguksok | |||
Black-faced coucal | C. melanops | Abunog, Obon-obon | |||
Philippine coucal | C. viridis | Kukok, Saguksok, Sabuko | |||
Violet cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhyncus | Sabuko | |||
Chestnut-winged cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | ||||
Indian cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | Kuko | |||
Oriental cuckoo | C. optatus | Kuko | |||
Himalayan cuckoo | C. saturatus | Kuko | |||
Asian koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Bahaw | |||
Philippine hawk cuckoo | Hierococcyx pectoralis | ||||
Large hawk cuckoo | H. sparverioides | ||||
Chestnut-breasted malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | Mentioned to be present in Samar Island Natural Park.[5] | |||
Philippine drongo-cuckoo | Surniculus velutinus | ||||
Philippine falconet | Microhierax erythrogenys | Falconiformes | It-it, Gitgit | ||
Oriental hobby | Falco severus | Alkon | |||
Philippine megapode | Megapodius cumingii | Galliformes | Tabon | ||
Red jungle fowl | Gallus gallus | Manok ihalas | |||
King quail | Synoicus chinensis | Pitpitaw | |||
Sarus crane | Antigone antigone | Gruiformes | Tihol | Was not formally described by ornithologists. It was vividly described in the Historia de las islas y indios de Bisayas in 1668 by Fr. Alcina. The crane was about a yard (vara) and a half tall, with browning or dark grey feathers and having a good part of its neck up to its head colored in red. It was also described as larger than those cranes found in Spain.[6] By the end of the 19th century it can only be found in the Central and Northern Luzon. And the last confirmed sightings were around the early 20th century. | |
White-breasted waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | Kurowakwak, Kiyaw | |||
Plain bush-hen | A. olivacea | Kihaw | |||
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | Bibi[7] | |||
Common moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Itumon (Leyte), Tinggaw (Samar) | |||
Buff-banded rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | Tikling | |||
Barred rail | H. torquata | Tikling, Hurikling, Tinggaw (N. Samar) | |||
Slaty-breasted rail | Lewinia striata | Tikling | |||
Slaty-legged crake | Rallina eurizonoides | ||||
Red-legged crake | R. fasciata | ||||
Ruddy-breasted crake | Zapornia fusca | Manhak | |||
Spotless crake | Z. tabuensis | ||||
- ^ Tramp (1997). "SEAlang Library Waray Lexicography". sealang.net. Retrieved 2022-03-03.
- ^ a b c d Elera, Casto de (1895). Catálogo sistemático de toda la fauna de Filipinas conocida hasta el presente. Vol. 1. Manila,: Imprenta del colegio de Santo Tomás,.
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- ^ Sanchez, Mateo (1711). "Vocabulario de la lengua Bisaya". Biblioteca Digital Hispánica. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
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