Philippines · Batanes
Basco Airport, Batan
134 species and 9,209 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 86 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
White WagtailMotacilla alba86 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 134 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Basco Plaza, Batan1 km137 species
- Chadpidan coastal ponds and fields, Batan2 km122 species
- Basco Dump near Song Song Beach, Batan2 km138 species
All 134 species recorded here
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Lowland White-eye Zosterops meyeni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris
- Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Philippine Jungle Crow Corvus philippinus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Basco Airport, Batan?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 86 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Basco Airport, Batan?
134 species, from 9,209 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Basco Airport, Batan in November?
The most recorded in November: Paddyfield Pipit, Eastern Cattle Egret, Pacific Golden Plover, Barn Swallow and Brown Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.