John Whitehead’s Birds

Birdskins collected by Whitehead on his 1893-1896 Philippine expedition are currently in the collection of Natural History Museum at Tring in Hertfordshire/UK. Mica Cabildo selected ten of Whitehead’s ornithological discoveries based on their current conservation status, and requested access to these specimens from the Museum. On February 20^th 2020, Mica was able to see and photograph Whitehead’s birdskins at NHM Tring.

The birds selected for Whitehead’s Ark are:

· White-browed jungle flycatcher, vulnerable

· Visayan pygmy babbler, threatened

· Philippine eagle, critically endangered

· Mountain shrike, vulnerable

· Montane racquet-tail parrot, endangered

· Mindoro imperial pigeon, endangered

· Luzon water-redstart, vulnerable

· Luzon striped-babbler, vulnerable

· Luzon highlands scops-owl, vulnerable

· Golden-crowned babbler, threatened