That is a Coppersmith Barbet and it's a race specific to Cebu, hence its Scientific Name: Megalaima haemacephala cebuensis.
The photo was taken during a trip I made with some other birder friends to a place in Cebu Province called Alcoy - a known habitat of the very rare Black Shama - a species found only in Cebu, and nowhere else in the world. We had spent the previous day looking for the bird - and found it:
Now, we had some idle time to kill before heading home, and well, I got lucky with the Barbet. I was the only one who captured the Barbet's image at that time, and I think this is still one of the best around :-)
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