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A few of Singapore's birds (full gallery)

White-chested Babbler

<img decoding="async" width="640" height="426" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2.jpg" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="White-chested Babbler" title="White-chested Babbler" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2.jpg 800w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2-300x200.jpg 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2-768x511.jpg 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2-24x16.jpg 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2-36x24.jpg 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2-48x32.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3619" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/white-chested-babbler/white-chested-babbler_confoley2/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2.jpg" data-orig-size="800,532" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"5.6","credit":"Con Foley","camera":"NIKON D3S","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1278116931","copyright":"(c) 2010","focal_length":"850","iso":"3200","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="white-chested babbler_ConFoley2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>White-chested Babbler from Panti Bird Sanctuary. Photo credit: Con Foley</p> " data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/white-chested-babbler_confoley2.jpg" tabindex="0" role="button" />

White-chested Babbler

Crow-billed Drongo

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="408" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-1024x653.jpg" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Crow-billed Drongo" title="Crow-billed Drongo" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-300x191.jpg 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-768x490.jpg 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-24x15.jpg 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-36x23.jpg 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-48x31.jpg 48w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony.jpg 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="4994" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/crow-billed-drongo/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony.jpg" data-orig-size="1920,1225" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"SOLOMON ANTHONY","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1444748680","copyright":"All Rights Reserved","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Crow-billed Drongo" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Crow-billed Drongo at Bidadari. Photo Credit: Solomon Anthony </p> " data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-300x191.jpg" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/crow-billed-drongo-solomon-anthony-1024x653.jpg" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Crow-billed Drongo

Black-thighed Falconet

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="426" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-1024x682.png" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Black-thighed Falconet" title="Black-thighed Falconet" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-1024x682.png 1024w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-300x200.png 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-768x512.png 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-24x16.png 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-36x24.png 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-48x32.png 48w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1.png 1898w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="96116" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/black-thighed-falconet/black-thighed-falconet-2-3/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1.png" data-orig-size="1898,1265" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Black-thighed Falconet" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Black-thighed Falconet at Pasir Ris Park Connector. Photo credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-300x200.png" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Black-thighed-Falconet-2-1-1024x682.png" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Black-thighed Falconet

Eastern Marsh Harrier

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="427" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-1024x683.jpg" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Eastern Marsh Harrier" title="Eastern Marsh Harrier" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-300x200.jpg 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-768x512.jpg 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-24x16.jpg 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-36x24.jpg 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-48x32.jpg 48w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3170" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/eastern-marsh-harrier/eastern-marsh-harrier-3/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1000" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"7.1","credit":"Francis Yap","camera":"Canon EOS-1D Mark IV","caption":"Male Eastern Marsh Harrier at Tanah Merah.","created_timestamp":"1324139205","copyright":"","focal_length":"600","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":"Eastern Marsh Harrier","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Eastern Marsh Harrier" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Male Eastern Marsh Harrier at Tanah Merah. Photo Credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/eastern-marsh-harrier-111217-106eos1d-fyap8385-1024x683.jpg" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Eastern Marsh Harrier

Gull-billed Tern

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="426" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-1024x682.png" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Gull-billed Tern" title="Gull-billed Tern" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-1024x682.png 1024w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-300x200.png 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-768x512.png 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-24x16.png 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-36x24.png 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-48x32.png 48w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed.png 1358w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="96292" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/gull-billed-tern/gull-billed/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed.png" data-orig-size="1358,905" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Gull-billed Tern" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Gull-billed Tern at Chek Jawa. Photo credit: Lee Chien Nien</p> " data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-300x200.png" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Gull-billed-1024x682.png" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Gull-billed Tern

Plain Sunbird

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="640" height="427" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-1024x683.jpg" class="card-img-top wp-post-image" alt="Plain Sunbird" title="Plain Sunbird" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-300x200.jpg 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-768x512.jpg 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-24x16.jpg 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-36x24.jpg 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-48x32.jpg 48w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="3079" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/species/plain-sunbird/plain-sunbird-2/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"6.3","credit":"Francis Yap","camera":"Canon EOS-1D X","caption":"Male Plain Sunbird at Panti Forest","created_timestamp":"1371984783","copyright":"","focal_length":"700","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.0025","title":"Plain Sunbird","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Plain Sunbird" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Male Plain Sunbird at Panti Forest. Photo Credit: Francis Yap</p> " data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/plain-sunbird-130623-108eos1d-fy1x8744-1024x683.jpg" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Plain Sunbird

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Quarterly Roundup: Oct-Dec 2025

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Best Practices on eBird

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="132" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-300x132.jpg" class="card-img-lg-start wp-post-image" alt="Best Practices on eBird" title="Best Practices on eBird" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-300x132.jpg 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-1024x451.jpg 1024w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-768x338.jpg 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-1536x676.jpg 1536w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-24x11.jpg 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-36x16.jpg 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-48x21.jpg 48w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2.jpg 1707w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="119025" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/2026/02/10/best-practices-on-ebird/untitled2-2/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2.jpg" data-orig-size="1707,751" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Pond Herons" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-300x132.jpg" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Untitled2-1024x451.jpg" tabindex="0" role="button" />

Best Practices on eBird

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Jared Tan As you may now know, BirdSoc SG has recently partnered with eBird and are now part of the team managing eBird in Singapore! Our team has been hard at work reviewing the filters and records of rare and range-restricted species in Singapore, and we felt that it would be a good time to share […]

Why was that Western Hooded Pitta’s head black?

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" src="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-300x200.jpg" class="card-img-lg-start wp-post-image" alt="Why was that Western Hooded Pitta’s head black?" title="Why was that Western Hooded Pitta’s head black?" srcset="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-300x200.jpg 300w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-768x512.jpg 768w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-24x16.jpg 24w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-36x24.jpg 36w, https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-48x32.jpg 48w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-attachment-id="115826" data-permalink="https://singaporebirds.com/2025/12/20/why-was-that-western-hooded-pittas-head-black/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta/" data-orig-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"","camera":"ILCE-7RM5","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1757575447","copyright":"","focal_length":"800","iso":"1250","shutter_speed":"0.0125","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>Third record of Western Hooded Pitta ssp. mulleri in Singapore. Photo credit: Jared Tan.</p> " data-medium-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://singaporebirds.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/jared_mulleri_hooded_pitta-1024x683.jpg" tabindex="0" role="button" />

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Why was that Western Hooded Pitta’s head black?

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Why am I receiving emails from eBird moderators?

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Why am I receiving emails from eBird moderators?

December 9, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by OkamotoKeitaSin

The Bird Society of Singapore has partnered with eBird and our moderating team are working hard to improve the quality and reliability of the local database. Read on to learn about what some of these changes entail, which may explain an increase in the number of emails you are receiving from us. Disclaimer: The checklist in the featured image is a fake checklist to highlight a possible reason why you might be receiving emails from the eBird moderators.

A modest Big Month for November 2025

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Birders' Stories

A modest Big Month for November 2025

December 1, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by Francis Yap

November is smack in the middle of the autumn migration season for Singapore. Whether trying to look for raptors at Mt Faber, or trying our luck for waders at Sungei Buloh, birders have every excuse to get out and look for rarities. Who knows, we may get lucky and stumble upon a national first bird […]

You won’t believe where Singapore’s seventh Steppe Eagle just ended up…

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Significant Records

You won’t believe where Singapore’s seventh Steppe Eagle just ended up…

November 25, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by richthebirder

The first Steppe Eagle in Singapore since 1999 was found at the Bird Society of Singapore’s fourth Henderson Waves Raptor Watch. Impressively, we learnt through eBird that almost surely the same individual (based on feather tear patterns) was found about two weeks later in Java, Indonesia!