. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Cottar & Rudyanto 102 Bull 2003 123A Threatened birds of the Philippines covers 65 species in full, cites around 625 references and acknowledges 104 personal contacts and 30 museums (14 North American, 7 continental European, 6 Philippine, 2 British and 1 Japanese). A total of 830 localities were identified, 228 (27%) of which were based solely on museum evidence. We map two species by way of example: Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni (22/34, 65%; Fig. 3) and Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei (14/27,52%; Fig. 4). An
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Cottar & Rudyanto 102 Bull 2003 123A Threatened birds of the Philippines covers 65 species in full, cites around 625 references and acknowledges 104 personal contacts and 30 museums (14 North American, 7 continental European, 6 Philippine, 2 British and 1 Japanese). A total of 830 localities were identified, 228 (27%) of which were based solely on museum evidence. We map two species by way of example: Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni (22/34, 65%; Fig. 3) and Palawan Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei (14/27,52%; Fig. 4). An even more remarkable circumstance is the Mindanao distribution of Azure-breasted Pitta Pitta steerii (it also occurs on Samar, Leyte and Bohol): Collar et al. (1994) mistakenly thought the species restricted on Mindanao to the Zamboanga Peninsula, missing two publications from 1993 which reported it from Bislig on the other side of the island, but even so it proves to be in various other parts of the island, with no fewer than 15 of its 18 localities there being derived from previously unpublished museum material. One notable trend, partly discernible on the maps used, is the way museum material highlights the importance of Samar. Samar is the sister island of Leyte, but CJ 'W NEGROS. O Museum Jala • Non-museum data Fig. 3. The range of Blue-capped Kingfisher Actenoides hombroni. Black circles are localities identified from published sources. Grey circles are localities identified from unpublished museum Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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