Celestial monarch
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The celestial monarch is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae, and one of the most attractive of all the monarch flycatchers. It is identified as a turquoise blue bird with a long and spectacul
Celestial Monarch
Hypothymis coelestis coelestis Smit
Male seen in Bislig, Surigao del Sur. Photo by Adri Constantino of Birding Philippines.
Male seen in Samar
Negros
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Negros is the fourth largest and third most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of 13,309 km2. The coastal zone of the southern part of Negros is identified as a site of highest
Celestial monarch
…wattle. It is endemic to the Philippines with its extant range being in Luzon, Samar, Mindanao Tawi-Tawi and Basilan and it being possibly extinct on Negros and Sibuyan Island.Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests up to 750 masl. There is an unverified report of this bird in 2024 in Leyte…
Negros Island ("Buglas") as depicted in the Carta Hydrographica y Chorographica de las Yslas Filipinas (1734)
Demetrio Larena, vice president of the Republic of Negros
José de Luzuriaga, the 2nd Governor of Negros Occidental
First page of the Executive Order 183 creating Negros Island Region