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
Changi Business Park
Highest count: 1 individual
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (species writeup) Hide 1 record
Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides (species writeup) Hide 3 records
Lorong Halus Wetland (Reeds Area)
Highest count: 1 individual
Changi Business Park canal
Highest count: 1 individual
Pasir Ris Park
Highest count: 1 individual
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax (species writeup) Hide 2 records
Pasir Ris Park
Highest count: 1 individual
Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (species writeup) Hide 3 records
Tampines Eco Green
Highest count: 1 individual
Telok Blangah Hill Park
Highest count: 1 individual