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BACOLOD City – Some of the bird species that abound in Negros Island Region were threatened, an Environment official said.
In 2014 the B+Wiser Biodiversity Assessment recorded some 26 species of trees, 109 birds, 10 amphibians, 11 reptiles, and 25 mammals, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Andres Untal said.
Among the 109 bird species, 41 were endemic in the Philippines, four were introduced species, eight were migratory, and 56 were non-endemic, Untal said during the recent 11th Bird Festival.
Of these bird species, seven were threatened or endangered, including the Visayan Tarictic Hornbill and the Negros Striped Babbler.
Held at the Negros Occidental provincial capitol, the festival has gathered bird enthusiasts from across the Philippines and other countries, especially with the bird-watching activity in various sites in the province.
Vulnerable species included the Philippine Hawk-Eagle, Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon, White-winged Cuckoo Shrike, Celestial Monarch, and the near-threatened Rufous Hornbill.
“Northern Negros has two key biodiversity areas: the Northern Negros Natural Park and the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park,” said Untal.
These areas were plagues by “threats of land conversion, charcoal-making, slash-and-burn, illegal cutting of forest products, residential or resort development, and hunting, which continue to cause destruction, degradation and impairment of biodiversity targets,” he said. (PIA/PN)
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