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Caprimulgus manillensis
The Philippine Nightjar (Caprimulgus manillensis) is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Little is known or limited studies were done about this bird since it is very elusive and hard to find. It can only be heard during bright moon nights and very good in camouflage disguise. A very minimalist bird when it comes to building its nest. The third photo shows the location of the nest along the feeder road side. Actually this photos were again taken by my father , as he passed by the mother bird burst in flight beside him.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Spotted on Mar 6, 2013
Submitted on Mar 8, 2013
7 Comments
thank you shekainah for your prompt action and your concern on conservation. we'll just hope for the success of the incubation. nonetheless, this is just a good exercise whenever such situation come to pass again. our appreciation also for your dad's action.
Thanks for the help kuya, tragically its now the second day my father have monitoring the nest from a distant till the evening hoping one of the parents will come back. He's just text me its negative and some ants are beginning to nibble on one of the eggs because it has a crack. He's decided to bring the remaining egg to the nearby chicken hatchery hoping for a miracle. Actually it was just last month when he saw the same bird nesting on that road right across this nest.
These are the first two comments shekainah:
Haribon: Djop Tabaranza Hi Kdon, IMO: For nightjars, both parents share incubation of eggs and feeding of hatchlings so if only 1 parent is found dead then there is still a chance for the eggs to survive without human intervention if the other parent is still alive.
WBPP: Jimmy Javier Kdon, we have egg incubators but in Rosario, Batangas. Maybe someone close by with broodcock incubators will also work, the fledgling period will be a concern ..
Shekainah, i've posted your concern to the Haribon Foundation and to the Wild Bird Photographers of the Philippines to seek aid for the abandoned eggs. We'll just wait if facilities will be available, meanwhile, you might just as well safely keep the eggs secured in a container at room temperature. We will then ask also he experts on how to handle this situation. Thanks
Thanks for the concern KdonGalay and for inviting me to the mission. Today I felt very sad because my father just found a dead Nightjar not far from the nest and residents nearby told him that a dog killed killed it. Actually its been several days that my father noticed the nest was abandoned, now he found the shocking answer. We decided that maybe tomorrow will take the eggs home and put it in an incubator - we think its the best we can do save the brood. hopefully.
hello shekainah, can i invite you to to join the mission Wild Birds of the Philippines
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1629...
and tag along all you've captured philippine birds, including nests, eggs and habitat as this would help identify diversity of wild birds found in the archipelago.
Thanks a lot shekainah d. alaban and happy birding!
nice one shekainah
this nest is very vulnerable to both human and nature risk
hope the brood will survive here