Our first Monthly Roundup – March 2022

We’ve been getting a lot of great birds lately, all thanks to the enthusiastic contributions of birders in Singapore! More and more members of the community are also using eBird to record their sightings, which has made it easier to keep track of these sightings in a single consolidated source. So we believe now is as good a time as ever for the Singapore Birds Project to start publishing monthly bird roundups, summarizing records of rare and scarce species locally over the past month. This roundup is the first of the series, and it contains sightings posted on eBird as well as rarity records submitted to the Singapore Bird Database.

Highlights

  • First mainland record of Mangrove Blue Flycatcher in over six years, at Pasir Ris Park
  • Fifth national record of Dusky Warbler, at Changi Business Park
  • Two records of Indian Pond Heron; this species now appears to be an annual migrant with multiple records over the last few years
  • A photogenic Oriental Scops Owl at Thomson Nature Park at the start of the month

All records for Mar 2022 (Show all records)

Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka (species writeup) Hide 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 04 Feb 2022

eBird
(not a complete list)

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (species writeup) Hide 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides (species writeup) Hide 3 records

Lorong Halus Wetland (Reeds Area)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Changi Business Park canal

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax (species writeup) Hide 2 records

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (species writeup) Hide 3 records

Tampines Eco Green

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Telok Blangah Hill Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu (species writeup) Show 2 records

Sentosa Island

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 20 Nov 2021

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
(not a complete list)
Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla (species writeup) Show 1 record

Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 15 Dec 2021

eBird
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea (species writeup) Show 2 records

Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator (species writeup) Show 1 record

Jurong Lake Gardens (inc. Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden)

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Marina East Breakwaters

Highest count: 4 individuals

First recorded 09 Oct 2021

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 03 Nov 2021

eBird
(not a complete list)
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 8 individuals

Earlier record on 30 Jan 2022

eBird
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (species writeup) Show 2 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 26 Feb 2022

eBird

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (species writeup) Show 2 records

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum (species writeup) Show 2 records

Marina Coastal Expressway, Singapore, SG (1.285, 103.878)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans (species writeup) Show 1 record

Neo Tiew Road

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 12 Feb 2022

RC decision: Accepted

SBP (subrecords)
eBird
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (species writeup) Show 2 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 15 individuals

Earlier record on 04 Sep 2021

eBird

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 25 Sep 2021

eBird
Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster (species writeup) Show 1 record

Hindhede Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 27 Jan 2022

eBird
Von Schrenck’s Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis (species writeup) Show 2 records

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 11 Feb 2022

eBird

Satay by the Bay

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)
Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii (species writeup) Show 2 records

Dover Road

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 19 Mar 2022

Record under review

eBird

Peng Siang river

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 29 Mar 2022

Record under review

Indian Pond Heron at Peng Siang river on 29 Mar 2022. Photo credit: Alex Kang

Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa (species writeup) Show 3 records

Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage)

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 10 Feb 2022

eBird
(not a complete list)

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 11 Feb 2022

eBird
(not a complete list)

Admiralty Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes (species writeup) Show 2 records

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 4 individuals

Earlier record on 04 Nov 2021

eBird
(not a complete list)

Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni (species writeup) Show 4 records

pasir ris farmway 1

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Coney Island (Serangoon Island)

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Sentosa Island

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela (species writeup) Show 9 records

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 02 Feb 2022

eBird

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 11 Feb 2022

eBird

Kent Ridge Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Telok Blangah Hill Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Fragrant Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Changi Business Park canal

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Choa Chu Kang Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii (species writeup) Show 1 record

Singapore Quarry at Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 28 Jan 2022

eBird
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Telok Blangah Hill Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Dec 2021

eBird
Northern Boobook Ninox japonica (species writeup) Show 1 record

Satay By The Bay

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 28 Mar 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia (species writeup) Show 1 record

Thomson Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 04 Mar 2022

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
(not a complete list)

Oriental Scops Owl at Thomson Nature Park on 5 Mar 2022. Photo credit: Adrian Silas Tay

Barred Eagle-Owl Bubo sumatranus (species writeup) Show 1 record

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 09 Oct 2021

eBird
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting (species writeup) Show 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 02 Oct 2021

eBird

Kranji Marsh

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 18 Oct 2021

eBird
Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus (species writeup) Show 5 records

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 4 individuals

Earlier record on 11 Sep 2021

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 26 Sep 2021

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 5 individuals

Earlier record on 07 Oct 2021

eBird
(not a complete list)

Thomson Nature Park

Highest count: 4 individuals

Earlier record on 05 Feb 2022

eBird

Dover Forest-Ulu Pandan

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida (species writeup) Show 3 records

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 25 Feb 2022

eBird

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Goldhill Ave / Malcolm Road: forest patch

Highest count: X

eBird
Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea (species writeup) Show 1 record

Berlayar Creek Boardwalk

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 09 Oct 2021

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens (species writeup) Show 7 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 09 Jan 2022

eBird

354 Tanglin Road, Singapore, SG (1.295, 103.814)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 20 Feb 2022

eBird

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 27 Feb 2022

eBird

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Thomson Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

MacRitchie Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus nigrescens (species writeup) Show 1 record

NTU

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 22 Oct 2021

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis (species writeup) Show 3 records

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 26 Feb 2022

eBird

Thomson Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Satay by the Bay

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Black-headed Bulbul Brachypodius melanocephalos (species writeup) Show 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (species writeup) Show 7 records

Satay by the Bay

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 27 Dec 2021

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 28 Jan 2022

eBird

Bukit Timah

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 05 Feb 2022

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Nanyang Technological University including National Institute of Education

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Tampines Eco Green

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Jurong Lake Gardens (inc. Chinese Garden and Japanese Garden)

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus (species writeup) Show 2 records

MED

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 27 Dec 2021

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Changi Business Park canal

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 10 Mar 2022

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
(not a complete list)

Dusky Warbler at Changi Business Park canal on 10 Mar 2022. Photo credit: T.Ramesh

Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides (species writeup) Show 1 record

Singapore Botanic Gardens, Learning Forest

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 06 Mar 2022

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata (species writeup) Show 1 record

Kent Ridge Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis (species writeup) Show 2 records

Seletar Aerospace Crescent

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 20 Feb 2022

eBird

Tampines Eco Green

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina (species writeup) Show 1 record

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 16 Feb 2022

eBird
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica (species writeup) Show 4 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 21 Sep 2021

eBird

Labrador Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Changi Business Park canal

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 13 Mar 2022

RC decision: Accepted

SBP (subrecords)
eBird
(not a complete list)

Mangrove Blue Flycatcher at Pasir Ris Park on 13 Mar 2022. Photo credit: Herman Phua

Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana (species writeup) Show 1 record

NUS

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 15 Mar 2022

Record under review

Zappey’s Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Eco Green Main Pond

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae (species writeup) Show 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 27 Jan 2022

eBird
(not a complete list)

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata (species writeup) Show 1 record

Telok Blangah Hill Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 23 Oct 2021

eBird

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