Philippines · Pampanga
Candaba Marsh
200 species and 28,020 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 119 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Great EgretArdea alba
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schachSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Candaba6 km131 species
- NLEX – Total Gas Station17 km112 species
- Paludpud (Tumbaga), La Paz40 km101 species
- Pampanga River – East Bank40 km120 species
- Bgy. Tanza Mudflats, Navotas City44 km114 species
- La Mesa Eco Park, Quezon City45 km162 species
All 200 species recorded here
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Philippine Swamphen Porphyrio pulverulentus
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tawny Grassbird Cincloramphus timoriensis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-rumped Swiftlet Collocalia marginata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Philippine Jungle Crow Corvus philippinus
- Plain Bush-hen Amaurornis olivacea
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Brown-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon gularis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Lowland White-eye Zosterops meyeni
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Rufous-crowned Bee-eater Merops americanus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus maculatus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- White-eared Brown Dove Phapitreron leucotis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Pygmy Swiftlet Collocalia troglodytes
- Philippine Bulbul Hypsipetes philippinus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Philippine Magpie-Robin Copsychus mindanensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Philippine Hanging Parrot Loriculus philippensis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Indigo-banded Kingfisher Ceyx cyanopectus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Grey-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus derbianus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Yellow-wattled Bulbul Microtarsus urostictus
- Green-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus chloronotus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Guaiabero Bolbopsittacus lunulatus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Philippine Swiftlet Aerodramus mearnsi
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Luzon Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blackish Cuckooshrike Edolisoma coerulescens
- Stripe-headed Rhabdornis Rhabdornis mystacalis
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Elegant Tit Periparus elegans
- Rufous Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone cinnamomea
- Philippine Green Pigeon Treron axillaris
- Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis
- Yellow-bellied Whistler Pachycephala philippinensis
- Black-and-white Triller Lalage melanoleuca
- Grey-throated Sunbird Anthreptes griseigularis
- Pygmy Flowerpecker Dicaeum pygmaeum
- Balicassiao Dicrurus balicassius
- Philippine Serpent Eagle Spilornis holospilus
- White-browed Shama Copsychus luzoniensis
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Mountain Shrike Lanius validirostris
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Candaba Marsh?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 119 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Candaba Marsh?
200 species, from 28,020 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Candaba Marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Purple Heron, Striated Grassbird, Common Moorhen, Grey Heron and Yellow Bittern.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.