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Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape
The Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape is a protected landscape area of forested hills and several rivers and streams located in the province of Quezon on southern Luzon island in the Philippines. It was originally created in 1939 to protect the watershed in the municipality of Guinayangan known as the Maulawin Spring Watershed Forest Reserve declared through Proclamation No. 365 by President Manuel Luis Quezon. It had an initial area of . In 2000, the forest reserve was enlarged and was redesignated as a protected landscape under the National Integrated Protected Areas System by virtue of Proclamation No. 295 issued by President Joseph Estrada. It is the only source of potable water for domestic consumption of the more than 40,000 residents of Guinayangan. Geography The Maulawin Spring Protected Landscape covers an area of of lowland forest in the barangays of Himbubulo, San Pedro and Magsaysay in west-central Guinayangan. It sits on a hilly terrain in the eastern portion of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quezon
Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon ( tl, Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon Regions of the Philippines, region on Luzon. Kalilayan was the first known name of the province. It was later renamed Tayabas. In honor of the former governor of the province who later became the second List of presidents of the Philippines, president of the Philippines and the first to be freely elected, Manuel L. Quezon, the province’s name was then changed to Quezon. Lucena, Philippines, Lucena, the provincial capital, seat of the provincial government, and the most populous city of the province, is governed independently from the province as a highly urbanized city. To distinguish the province from Quezon City, it is sometimes called Quezon Province. Quezon is southeast of Metro Manila and is bordered by the provinces of Aurora (province), Aurora to the north, Bulacan, Rizal, Laguna (province), Laguna and Batangas to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan-Philippine Highway
The Pan-Philippine Highway, also known as the Maharlika Highway ( tl, Daang Maharlika; ceb, Dalang Halangdon), is a network of roads, expressways, bridges, and ferry services that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte, and Mindanao in the Philippines, serving as the country's principal transport backbone. Measuring long excluding sea routes, it is the longest highway in the Philippines that forms the country's north–south backbone component of N1 highway (Philippines), National Route 1 (N1) of the Philippine highway network. The entire highway is designated as Asian Highway 26 (AH26) of the Asian Highway Network. The northern terminus of the highway is in Laoag and the southern terminus is in Zamboanga City. History The Pan-Philippine Highway System was an infrastructure program of President of the Philippines, President Diosdado Macapagal as a first priority project for the improvement and expansion of Philippine highway and land transport networks. It was stated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jungle Crow
Jungle crow is a common name that refers to three species of crow. Initially thought to be a single species, the group has since been split into the following species: * Large-billed crow, ''Corvus macrorhynchos'' * Eastern jungle crow The eastern jungle crow (''Corvus levaillantii'') is a bird in the family Corvidae. It is found in China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of ..., ''Corvus levaillantii'' * Indian jungle crow, ''Corvus culminatus'' {{Animal common name Birds by common name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-naped Oriole
The black-naped oriole (''Oriolus chinensis'') is a passerine bird in the oriole family that is found in many parts of Asia. There are several distinctive populations within the wide distribution range of this species and in the past the slender-billed oriole (''Oriolus tenuirostris'') was included as a subspecies. Unlike the Indian golden oriole which only has a short and narrow eye-stripe, the black-naped oriole has the stripe broadening and joining at the back of the neck. Males and females are very similar although the wing lining of the female is more greenish. The bill is pink and is stouter than in the golden oriole. Taxonomy and systematics In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the black-naped oriole in his based on a specimen that he mistakenly believed had been collected in the former French colony of Cochinchina in what is now southern Vietnam. He used the French name and the Latin . The two stars (**) at the start of the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Sooty Woodpecker
The northern sooty woodpecker (''Mulleripicus funebris'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to Luzon, Marinduque, Catanduanes and the Polillo Islands in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The northern sooty woodpecker was once considered conspecific with the southern sooty woodpecker and both were lumped together as ''Mulleripicus funebris'' and known simply as the "sooty woodpecker". References northern sooty woodpecker Endemic birds of the Philippines Birds of Luzon Fauna of Marinduque Fauna of Catanduanes northern sooty woodpecker The northern sooty woodpecker (''Mulleripicus funebris'') is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is endemic to Luzon, Marinduque, Catanduanes and the Polillo Islands in the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{woodpecker-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufous Hornbill
The rufous hornbill (''Buceros hydrocorax''), also known as the Philippine hornbill and locally as kalaw (pronounced KAH-lau), is a large species of hornbill endemic to the Philippines (the largest hornbill in the country). The are referred by locals as the "clock-of-the-mountains" due to its large booming call which typically occur of every hour. It occurs in moist tropical lowland forest. They are now considered to be a threatened species and its reasons for decline being habitat destruction, hunting and poaching for the illegal pet trade. It is illegal to hunt, capture or possess rufous hornbills under Philippine Law RA 9147. Distribution and Taxonomy It is Endemism, endemic to the Philippines, where it occurs in primary, mature secondary and disturbed forests on 11 islands: The bill of the nominate subspecies is entirely red, while the bill of the subspecies ''semigaleatus'' and ''mindanensis'' are pale yellow on the distal half. Subspecies Three subspecies are recogniz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher
The Philippine dwarf kingfisher (''Ceyx melanurus'') is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines found in the islands of Luzon, Polillo Islands, Catanduanes, Basilan, Samar, Leyte and Mindanao. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. But it is threatened by habitat loss. Taxonomy and description The Philippine dwarf kingfisher is a small mostly orange kingfisher with a red beak and legs, and a white belly. It has a light lilac hue which is more intense in the southern subspecies and has dark blue spotted wings for the northern subspecies. The Philippine kingfisher was formally described by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848 under the binomial name ''Alcedo melanura''. The specific epithet is from the Ancient Greek ''melanouros'' meaning "with a black tail". The Philippine dwarf kingfisher is now placed in the genus '' Ceyx'' that was introduced by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1799 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopea Acuminata
''Hopea acuminata'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ .... Locally called manggachapui and also dalingdingan, it is a hard straight grained wood that was used to build the early Manila galleons; it having qualities of being so dense as to not be affected by wood boring insects and one supposes marine worms. References acuminata Endemic flora of the Philippines Trees of the Philippines Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Elmer Drew Merrill {{Dipterocarpaceae-stub Vulnerable flora of Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yakal
''Shorea astylosa'' is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known as ''yakal'' in the Filipino language. Yakal is a medium to large tree about 25 to 30 meters tall. Its wood is hard and dark brownish-yellow, its branchlets slender, blackish, and slightly hairy. Its leaves are coriaceous, ovate to lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate or apex acuminate. The base are rounded to cuneate, glabrous above and slightly hairy underneath. Its blade is 6.5-nine centimeters long and two-4.5 centimeters wide, with its petiole slender, 10-23 millimeters long, and dark. Its inflorescence are axillary, paniculate, and up to about six centimeters long, with its flowers yellow, very short-stalked, and about 12 millimeters long. The flowers' petals are narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less twisted in bud, rounded at apex, 18 millimeters long, and reticulate. Habitat Yakal is commonly found in Luzon island, particularly in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Lauan
Red lauan or red lawaan is a common name for several plants and may refer to: *''Shorea negrosensis ''Shorea negrosensis'' (called, along with some other species in the genus ''Shorea'', red lauan) is a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It is endemic to the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), offici ...'', endemic to the Philippines *'' Shorea teysmanniana'', native to Sumatra, Borneo, and peninsular Malaysia {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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