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Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm – Balsahan River Trail, Puerto Princesa
178 species and 3,918 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
Blue-headed Racket-tailPrioniturus platenae
Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
Pin-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis gularis
Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularis
Spot-throated FlamebackDinopium everetti
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Palawan CrowCorvus pusillus
Melodious BabblerMalacopteron palawanense
Palawan FlowerpeckerPrionochilus plateni
Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeus
Lovely SunbirdAethopyga shelleyi
Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensis
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aeneaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm2 km186 species
- Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm – Ricefields, Puerto Princesa2 km168 species
- Irawan Eco Park, Puerto Princesa9 km166 species
- Zigzag Road, Puerto Princesa12 km141 species
- Napsan, Puerto Princesa City13 km139 species
- Sabang – Cockatoo Viewpoint, Puerto Princesa46 km144 species
All 178 species recorded here
- Palawan Crow Corvus pusillus
- Melodious Babbler Malacopteron palawanense
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Palawan Flowerpecker Prionochilus plateni
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi
- Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis
- Blue Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Palawan Flycatcher Ficedula platenae
- Pale Spiderhunter Arachnothera dilutior
- Palawan Bulbul Alophoixus frater
- Ashy-headed Babbler Pellorneum cinereiceps
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- White-vented Shama Copsychus niger
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Palawan Tit Periparus amabilis
- Ashy-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus cinereifrons
- Spot-throated Flameback Dinopium everetti
- Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Pygmy Flowerpecker Dicaeum pygmaeum
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Falcated Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla falcata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-headed Flameback Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus
- Purple-throated Sunbird Leptocoma sperata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Blue-headed Racket-tail Prioniturus platenae
- Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Sulphur-bellied Bulbul Iole palawanensis
- Grey-rumped Swiftlet Collocalia marginata
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo
- Philippine Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Palawan Scops Owl Otus fuliginosus
- Palawan Frogmouth Batrachostomus chaseni
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pygmy Swiftlet Collocalia troglodytes
- Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Philippine Jungle Crow Corvus philippinus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Philippine Swiftlet Aerodramus mearnsi
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Yellow-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus montis
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Grey Imperial Pigeon Ducula pickeringii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm – Balsahan River Trail, Puerto Princesa?
February–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm – Balsahan River Trail, Puerto Princesa?
178 species, from 3,918 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm – Balsahan River Trail, Puerto Princesa in November?
The most recorded in November: Hair-crested Drongo, Blue-headed Racket-tail, Blue-and-white Flycatcher, Pin-striped Tit-Babbler and Garden Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.