Thursday, May 1, 2014

Birds of the Ilocano's

Of the four provinces where the Ilocano's live they have many different species of birds.  The birds that you see over in these provinces are very similar to the birds that fly around here such as ducks, doves, kingfishers, etc.

The first province is Ilocos Norte and in that province their are approximately one hundred and sixteen different species of birds.  The different species range drastically.  There are Mallards, Great Egrets, Black-Winged Stilt, Collard Kingfisher, etc. all are in Ilocos Norte.  It's counterpart Ilocos Sur unfortunately has no known bird species known according to eBird.

The third province La Union has approximately eighteen different species of birds in the province.  The province holds not only one specie of Egret but others. For example there is the Intermediate, Chinese, and Cattle Egret.  The province is also home to the Little-Ringed Plover, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, etc.  Unfortunately the fourth province Abra which is landlocked has no known species of birds according to eBird.

Down below are pictures of the Collard Kingfisher and the Little-Ringed Plover

http://oceana.org/en/explore/marine-wildlife/collared-kingfisher

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ringed_Plover

No comments:

Post a Comment