Other birds found in the Philippines
The following parrots occur naturally in the Philippines:
Blue-backed Parrot (Tanygnathus sumatranus) aka Müller’s (or Mueller’s) Parrot or Azure Rumped Parrot – Range: Islands around the Philippines
Blue-crowned Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus discurus discurusis) – Range: Mindanao, Olutanga, Basilan, Guimaras, Luzon, Jolo Islands, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
Blue-headed Racquet-tail Parrots (Prioniturus platenae) – Range: Western Philippines, around the island province Palawan
Blue-naped Parrot (Tanygnathus lucionensisis) aka Luzon Parrot or Philippine Green Parrot
Blue-winged Racquet-tail (Palette Des Sulu) or Lorito-momoto De Las Sulu (Prioniturus montanus verticalis)
Bonaparte’s Hanging Parrot (Loriculus philippensis bonapartei) – Range: Larger islands in Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines – specifically the islands of Jolo, Bongao and Tawitawi
Burbidge’s Blue-backed Parrot (Tanygnathus mulleri bburbidgii)
(Loriculus camiguinensis) – Range: Newly discovered species. Can only be found on the Philippine island of Camiguin
Everett’s Blue-backed Parrots (Tanygnathus mulleri everetti)
Freer’s Blue-backed Parrots (Tanygnathus mulleri freeri)
Great-billed Parrot (Tanygnathus megalorynchos) aka Moluccan Parrot or Island Parrot
Green Racquet-tail Parrot (Prioniturus luconensis) – Range: Luzon and Marinduque in the Philippine Islands
Guaiabero Parrots (Bolbopsittacus lunulatus) – Range: Island of Luzon in the Philippines
Johnstone’s Lory (Trichoglossus johnstoniae) aka Mindanao Lorikeet, Loriquet De Johnstone, or Lori De Mindanao – Range: Philippines – mostly in the South Mindanao / Mount Apo National Park
Mindanao Hanging Parrot (Loriculus philippensis apicalisis) – Range: Islands of Mindanao, Dinagat, Siargao and Bazol in the Philippines
Mindanao Racquet-tail Parrot (Palette De Mindanao) or Lorito-momoto De Mindanao (Prioniturus montanus waterstradti)
Mount-Apo Lories (Johnstone’s Lories) (Trichoglossus johnstoniae) – Range: Mindinao, Philippines
Philippine Green Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis)
Philippine Hanging Parrots (Loriculus p. philippensis) – Range: Islands of Luzon, Banton, Polillo, Marinduque and Catanduanes, in the Philippines
Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus)
Red-vented Cockatoo or Philippine Cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) aka Philippine Cockatoo (pictured above) – Range: Philippines where small populations exist on the islands of Palawan, Tawitawi, Mindanao and Masbate
Rasa Island Wildlife Sanctuary holds probably the densest population of the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia in the wild. In July 2008, the cockatoo population for the first time since project implementation in 1998 passed the 200 individual mark. Rasa Island was declared Wildlife Sanctuary through Presidential Proclamation 1000 in 2006 issued by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Sulu Green Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis moro)
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