This September brought seabirds, some scarce shorebirds, and of course, the ever-faithful B5 Terek Sandpiper.
Highlights
- First Blue Rock Thrush of the season, at its usual haunt – Pinnacle@Duxton
- On pelagic trips, Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel, Common Tern, and Aleutian Tern
- Two sightings of Gull-billed Tern
- Sanderling at Chek Jawa
All records for Sep 2022 (Show all records)
Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Show 3 records
Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu Show 1 record
White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus Show 1 record
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Show 2 records
White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus Show 1 record
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Show 2 records
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Show 1 record
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Show 1 record
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Show 1 record
Sanderling Calidris alba Show 1 record
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Show 3 records
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Show 1 record
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Show 2 records
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Show 1 record
Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Show 2 records
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Show 1 record
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Show 4 records
Common Tern Sterna hirundo Show 1 record
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Show 7 records
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Show 2 records
Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis Show 1 record
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Show 1 record
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Show 2 records
Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda Show 1 record
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Show 6 records
Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus Show 3 records
Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea Show 1 record
Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens Show 1 record
Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis Show 5 records
Black-headed Bulbul Brachypodius melanocephalos Show 1 record
Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis (species only included as it is relatively scarce in this month) Show 1 record
White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis Show 1 record
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Show 2 records
Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni Show 2 records
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea Show 1 record
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Show 1 record
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Show 2 records
Rarity records still under review
Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii Show 1 record