While admissions are free, visits are regulated since The Las Piñas–Parañaque Wetland Park is a protected habitat.
The Philippine Fairy-bluebird is linked to the Tigmamanukan, the legandary bird whose flight was believed to foretell good fortune or danger.
The Philippine coucal has long been linked to death, sickness and bad luck.
Dulungan, the province’s official bird since 2000, is celebrated every August.
They’re called the bulbul, kulasisi, pokpok, and tuwad-tuwad.
The real mayas live in rice fields, wetlands, and open grasslands.
A 2021 study published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution noted that the Philippines ranks eighth globally in the number of threatened bird species.
