Waterbird census held in Capiz

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February 3, 2018
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ROXAS City – A survey was conducted to identify the species of waterbirds present in the wetlands of Capiz.

The results of the survey will be used for the bird flu awareness campaign of the province.

The Protected Area Management and Biodiversity Conservation Unit of the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office in Mambusao town conducted the survey – dubbed as Asian Waterbirds Census – from Jan. 6 to 21 this year.

The survey was done through the support of the Conservation and Development Division of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 6.

The survey covered the fishpond areas of Barangay Dulangan in Pilar, barangays Intongcan and Gabuc in Pontevedra, barangays Agustin Navarra and Cudian in Ivisan, and Barangay Baliugan in Roxas City, and a swampy area in Barangay Lonoy, Sapi-an.

“The monitoring was done to identify bird species present in the sites as the basis for the awareness on bird flu,” said public information officer Rubi Ann Repil of Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office-Capiz.

The survey in Barangay Gabuc recorded about 14,994 birds classified into 32 species such as little, intermediate, great, and Chinese egrets; common and green sandpipers; Philippine and wandering whistling ducks; striated, purple, grey, rufous night, and Javan pond herons; common moorhen; barred rail; whiskered terns; little grebe; wimbrel; redshank; black-crowned night; golden plover; Asian glossy starling; pied triller; yellow-vented bulbul; java sparrow; and pied fantail.

The wetland is being pushed as a bird sanctuary and is among the favorite bird-watching sites in the province.

Eight other species of marsh and wood sandpiper, black-winged stilt, greenshank, gull-billed tern, yellow bittern, brahminy kite, and white collared king fisher were seen in barangays Intongcan and Dulangan.

Results of the survey in other areas were still being processed and documented. (PIA/PN)
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