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Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm
186 species and 4,456 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and December, with up to 93 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue-headed Racket-tailPrioniturus platenae
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Palawan CrowCorvus pusillus
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm – Ricefields, Puerto Princesa1 km168 species
- Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm – Balsahan River Trail, Puerto Princesa2 km178 species
- Irawan Eco Park, Puerto Princesa7 km166 species
- Zigzag Road, Puerto Princesa14 km141 species
- Napsan, Puerto Princesa City14 km139 species
- Sabang – Cockatoo Viewpoint, Puerto Princesa45 km144 species
All 186 species recorded here
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Palawan Crow Corvus pusillus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Palawan Flowerpecker Prionochilus plateni
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Melodious Babbler Malacopteron palawanense
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Spot-throated Flameback Dinopium everetti
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Yellow-throated Leafbird Chloropsis palawanensis
- Ashy-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus cinereifrons
- Pale Spiderhunter Arachnothera dilutior
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Blue Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone cyanescens
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- White-vented Shama Copsychus niger
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Palawan Bulbul Alophoixus frater
- Lovely Sunbird Aethopyga shelleyi
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Purple-throated Sunbird Leptocoma sperata
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Ashy-headed Babbler Pellorneum cinereiceps
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Pygmy Flowerpecker Dicaeum pygmaeum
- Palawan Tit Periparus amabilis
- Palawan Flycatcher Ficedula platenae
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Blue-headed Racket-tail Prioniturus platenae
- Ameline Swiftlet Aerodramus amelis
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Sulphur-bellied Bulbul Iole palawanensis
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Grey-rumped Swiftlet Collocalia marginata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Falcated Wren-Babbler Ptilocichla falcata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Palawan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis lemprieri
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Red-headed Flameback Chrysocolaptes erythrocephalus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Philippine Pied Fantail Rhipidura nigritorquis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Philippine Jungle Crow Corvus philippinus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Pygmy Swiftlet Collocalia troglodytes
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Spotted Wood Owl Strix seloputo
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Palawan Frogmouth Batrachostomus chaseni
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Mantanani Scops Owl Otus mantananensis
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Philippine Swiftlet Aerodramus mearnsi
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Palawan Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Philippine Pitta Erythropitta erythrogaster
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Citrine Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa helianthea
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
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?
February–March and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 93 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm?
186 species, from 4,456 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Iwahig Prison & Penal Farm in November?
The most recorded in November: Asian Glossy Starling, Wood Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Common Sandpiper and Black-winged Stilt.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.