FAUNA: Facts and Figures


The Subic Bay Protected Area has unique and complex ecosystems and species of flora and fauna found nowhere else. It is unique, in a sense that is possible to draw an imaginary line through it that would encompass all the known ecosystems from rainforest to grassland and mangrove habitats that blend into the marine seagrass and coral habitats.

The Subic Forest and Watershed Reserve
Classification: secondary growth lowland dipterocarp forest
Area: 10,000 hectares; 3,000 of which is closed canopy

WILDLIFE VERTEBRATES: a total of 122 species were identified from 99
                                     genera and 57 families

birds - 83 species
mammals - 16 species
reptiles - 15 species
amphibians - 8 species
Total - 122 species

  • 83 species of birds account for almost 15% of all bird species in the Philippines
    (557) and 29% of all Luzon bird species (289)
  • 16 species of mammals account for 8% of all mammal species recorded in the Philippines
  • 15 species of reptiles belong to 14 genera and 10 families
  • 8 species of amphibians belong to 1 order and 2 families

COMMON AND ABUNDANT SPECIES:

Birds

Philippine Bulbul      (Hypsipetes philippinus)
Pygmy Swiftlet      (Collocalia troglodytes)
Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
Brown-backed Needle Tail Swift    (Hirundapus gigantean)
Amethyst Fruit Dove (Phapitreron amethystine)
White-eared Fruit Dove (P. leucotis)
Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
Barred Rail (Rallus torquatus)
Red Jungle Fowl (Gallus gallus)
Scale-feathered Malkoha (Phoenicophaeus cumingii)
Balicassiao (Dicrurus balicassius)
Gray Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pickeringii)
Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchus)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)

Mammals

Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Lesser-flat Headed Bat (Tylonycteris pachypus)    
Common Short-nosed Fruit Bat     (Cynopterus brachyotis)
Musky Fruit Bat (Ptenochirus jagori)

Reptiles

Philippine Gecko (Gekko gecko)
Variable Malay Monitor Lizard       (Varanus salvator)    
Philippine Cobra     (Naja naja)
Flying Lizard (Draco sp.)
Common Mabouya (Mabuya multifasciata)     

Amphibians

Brackish Water Frog                    (Rana cancrivora)
Puddle Frog (Occidozyga laevis)    
Common Forest Frog     (Platymantis dorsalis)      
Variable-backed Frog (Rana signata)

RARE SPECIES:

Birds

Night Jar (Caprimulgus sp.)
Frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus)
Stripe-headed Rhabdornis (Rhabdornis mysticalis)
Quail (Coturnix sp.)
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Yellow-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala philippensis)
Philippine Fairy Blue Bird (Irena cyanogaster)

Mammals

Striped Shrew Rat (Chrotomys mindorensis)
Philippine Warty Pig (Sus philippensis)

Reptiles

Wagler’s Pit Viper (Trimerisurus wagleri)

Amphibians

Swamp Frog (Rana leytensis)
Diminutive Forest Frog (Platymantis mimulus)

THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Birds

Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica)
Philippine Falconet (Microhierax erythrogonys)
Philippine Serpent Eagle (Spilornis holospilus)
Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula poliocephala)
Luzon Bleeding-heart Pigeon (Gallicolumba luzonica)
Colasisi (Loriculus p. philippensis)
Guaiabero Fig-Parrot (Bolbopsittacus l. lunulatus)
Luzon Montane Racquet-Tail (Prioniturus montanus)
Blue-headed Racquet-Tail (P. platenae)
Green Racquet-Tail (P. luconensis)
Luzon Scop’s Owl (Otus longicornis)
Jungle Kingfisher (Ceyx melanurus)
Luzon Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides m. manillae)
Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker (Picoides maculatus)
Sooty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus f. funebris)
White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis confuses)

Reptiles

Philippine Pit-Viper (Trimeresurus flavormaculatus)

Amphibians

Mountain Forest Frog (Platymantis montanus)
Luzon Forest Frog (P. luzonensis)
Diminutive Forest Frog (P. mimulus)
Pygmy Forest Frog (P. pygmaeus)
Woodworth’s Frog (Rana woodworthi)
Everett’s Frog (Rana everetti luzonensis)
Luzon Chorus Frog (Kaloula kalingensis)
Luzon Narrow-mouthed Frog (Kaloula rigida)