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
Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu (species writeup) Show 2 records
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla (species writeup) Show 1 record
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea (species writeup) Show 2 records
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator (species writeup) Show 1 record
White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (species writeup) Show 1 record
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (species writeup) Show 1 record
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (species writeup) Show 2 records
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum (species writeup) Show 2 records
Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans (species writeup) Show 1 record
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster (species writeup) Show 1 record
Von Schrenck’s Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis (species writeup) Show 2 records
Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii (species writeup) Show 2 records
Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa (species writeup) Show 3 records
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes (species writeup) Show 2 records
Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni (species writeup) Show 4 records
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela (species writeup) Show 9 records
Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii (species writeup) Show 1 record
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Northern Boobook Ninox japonica (species writeup) Show 1 record
Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia (species writeup) Show 1 record
Barred Eagle-Owl Bubo sumatranus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting (species writeup) Show 2 records
Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus (species writeup) Show 5 records
Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida (species writeup) Show 3 records
Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea (species writeup) Show 1 record
Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens (species writeup) Show 7 records
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus nigrescens (species writeup) Show 1 record
Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis (species writeup) Show 3 records
Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Black-headed Bulbul Brachypodius melanocephalos (species writeup) Show 2 records
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (species writeup) Show 7 records
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides (species writeup) Show 1 record
Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata (species writeup) Show 1 record
White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis (species writeup) Show 2 records
Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina (species writeup) Show 1 record
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica (species writeup) Show 4 records
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra (species writeup) Show 1 record
