Ultra-Rare South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher Photographed for the Very First Time

The South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx mindanensis) was first described 130 years ago during the Steere Expedition to the Philippines in 1890.

Photographed for the First Time. The following photos taken by De Leon have never been published, and this will be the first time most Filipinos will get to see the rare species. The photos are results of De Leon and his team's 10 years of laborious tracking and research in an attempt to document for the first time the nesting, feeding, and breeding behaviors of the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher.