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Monthly Roundup: Dec 2022

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Monthly Roundup: Dec 2022

A rather quiet December, but the first widely-twitched Red-billed Starling kept us busy this month.

Highlights

  • An electrifying record of Bat Hawk – just the third confirmed sighting in Singapore – was unfortunately not refound after the initial report
  • Singapore’s 5th record of Red-billed Starling

All records for Dec 2022 (Show all records)

King Quail Synoicus chinensis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Seletar End / Piccadilly

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 26 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 3 (2)

Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka (species writeup) Show 6 records

Upper Seletar Reservoir Park (USRP) inc. Mandai Road Track 7 / Nee Soon Swamp Forest

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 4 (1)

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 6 (1)

Old Upper Thomson Road

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 8 (1)
Dec 8 (1)
Dec 8 (1)

Bukit Brown Cemetery

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 15 (1)
Dec 29 (1)

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Dec 22 (3)

Dempsey Hill

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 26 (1)
Dec 27 (1)
Dec 29 (1)
(not a complete list)

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (species writeup) Show 5 records

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 11 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 2 (1)

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 13 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 11 (1)

100 Neo Tiew Road, Singapore, SG (1.419, 103.716)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 19 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 4 (1)

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 29 (1)

MacRitchie Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 31 (1)

Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (species writeup) Show 4 records

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 01 Jun 2022

eBird
Dec 10 (1)

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 06 Aug 2022

eBird
Dec 2 (1)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 04 Sep 2022

eBird
Dec 2 (1)

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 25 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 7 (1)
Dec 10 (1)
Dec 10 (1)
Dec 15 (1)
Dec 17 (1)
Dec 19 (1)
Dec 19 (1)

Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 4 (1)

Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax (species writeup) Show 1 record

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 20 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 4 (1)

Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (species writeup) Show 2 records

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 20 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 4 (1)

Coney Island (Serangoon Island)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 23 (1)

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

Auto selected 1.34819, 103.77675

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 25 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 11 (1)

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 21 (1)

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (species writeup) Show 3 records

Marina East Drive

Highest count: 5 individuals

First recorded 17 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Chen Boon Chong

eBird
Dec 4 (1)
Dec 5 (2)
Dec 8 (1)
Dec 24 (5)
Dec 24 (3)
Dec 30 (1)
(not a complete list)

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 6 (1)

Lorong Halus Wetland (Reeds Area)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 25 (1)

Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides (species writeup) Show 1 record

Rochor River

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 18 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Tan Yen Yi

White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Turut Track

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Jul 2022

eBird
Dec 2 (1)
Dec 4 (1)
Dec 4 (1)

Watercock Gallicrex cinerea (species writeup) Show 3 records

Kranji Marsh

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 4 (1)
Dec 20 (1)
Dec 21 (1)
Dec 29 (1)

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 18 (1)
Dec 23 (1)

26 Jln Membina

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 27 (1)

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Jurong Island

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 27 (1)

Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator (species writeup) Show 1 record

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

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 02 Jun 2022

eBird
Dec 19 (2)

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

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

Highest count: 4 individuals

Earlier record on 30 Sep 2022

eBird
Dec 8 (3)
Dec 9 (1)
Dec 12 (2)
Dec 17 (3)
Dec 23 (2)
Dec 24 (3)
Dec 30 (X)
(not a complete list)

Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 16 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Yip Jen Wei

eBird
Dec 16 (1)
Dec 16 (1)
Dec 16 (1)

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

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 08 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (1)
Dec 8 (2)

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 11 individuals

Earlier record on 08 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (11)
Dec 6 (2)
Dec 6 (2)

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 7 individuals

Earlier record on 08 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (7)

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 5 individuals

Earlier record on 08 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (4)
Dec 6 (5)
Dec 6 (5)

Sanderling Calidris alba (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Dec 23 (2)

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (species writeup) Show 2 records

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 08 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (2)

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 20 (1)

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 23 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (1)

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum (species writeup) Show 2 records

Seletar End / Piccadilly

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 2 (1)

Changi Beach Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 12 (1)

Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 18 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Lee Chien Nien

eBird
Dec 18 (1)

White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus (species writeup) Show 1 record

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 30 (1)

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (species writeup) Show 2 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 8 individuals

Earlier record on 03 Jun 2022

eBird
Dec 4 (1)
Dec 7 (8)
Dec 11 (1)
Dec 26 (3)
Dec 27 (1)

Straits of Johor – Raffles Marina to Mandai Mudflats

Highest count: 15 individuals

eBird
Dec 7 (10)
Dec 7 (15)
Dec 7 (13)

Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster (species writeup) Show 4 records

Hindhede Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 19 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 1 (1)
Dec 20 (1)
Dec 20 (1)

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Dec 6 (1)
Dec 22 (2)
Dec 24 (1)

pasir ris farmway 1

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 20 (1)

Sembawang Road (Simpang Kiri vicinity)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 28 (1)

Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 30 (1)

Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 25 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (2)
Dec 6 (2)
Dec 8 (1)

Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni (species writeup) Show 5 records

Punggol Promenade Nature Walk

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 04 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 1 (2)
Dec 3 (2)

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 5 (1)
Dec 5 (1)

Southern Ridges

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 4 (1)
Dec 7 (1)

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 12 (1)

Coney Island

Highest count: 4 individuals

eBird
Dec 16 (4)
Dec 22 (1)
Dec 23 (1)

Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela (species writeup) Show 2 records

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 12 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 10 (2)
Dec 19 (1)

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 3 (1)
Dec 4 (1)
Dec 22 (1)

Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Neo Tiew Rd

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 03 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Hou Boon

Bat Hawk at Neo Tiew Rd on 03 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Hou Boon

Bat Hawk at Neo Tiew Rd on 03 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Hou Boon
Barred Eagle-Owl Bubo sumatranus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Near Singapore Quarry

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 26 (1)

Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata (species writeup) Show 1 record

Lim Chu Kang Lane 3

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 12 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 18 (1)

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

Hindhede Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 02 Jun 2022

eBird
Dec 24 (1)
Dec 30 (1)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 05 Jun 2022

eBird
Dec 28 (1)

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca (species writeup) Show 2 records

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 14 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 9 (1)
Dec 26 (1)
Dec 28 (1)
Dec 28 (1)
Dec 28 (1)
Dec 29 (1)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 27 (1)

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Marina East Drive

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 12 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Lee Zhi Heng

eBird
Dec 12 (1)
Dec 12 (1)
Dec 12 (1)
Dec 12 (1)
Dec 13 (1)
Dec 13 (1)
(not a complete list)

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

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 02 Jun 2022

eBird
Dec 23 (X)
Dec 25 (2)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 07 Jun 2022

eBird
Dec 3 (1)

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 16 Jul 2022

eBird
Dec 19 (2)

Bukit Brown Cemetery

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 15 Aug 2022

eBird
Dec 22 (2)

Upper Seletar Reservoir Park (USRP) inc. Mandai Road Track 7 / Nee Soon Swamp Forest

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Dec 29 (3)

Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida (species writeup) Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 27 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 21 (1)

Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea (species writeup) Show 1 record

Berlayer creek

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 3 (1)
Dec 9 (1)

Japanese Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata (species writeup) Show 1 record

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 25 Oct 2022

eBird
Dec 3 (1)
Dec 5 (1)

Sand Martin Riparia riparia (species writeup) Show 1 record

Neo Tiew Road

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 03 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Kaeden Sim

SBP (subrecords)
Dec 10 – Lee Chien Nien (1)

eBird
Dec 10 (1)
Dec 10 (1)
Dec 14 (1)
Dec 20 (1)
Dec 21 (1)
Dec 26 (1)
(not a complete list)

Sand Martin at Neo Tiew on 25 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Sand Martin at Neo Tiew on 25 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus (species writeup) Show 2 records

Sentosa Island

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird
Dec 12 (3)

Neo Tiew Harvest Lane

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 18 (1)

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

MacRitchie Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 28 Nov 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Lee Chien Nien

eBird
Dec 10 (1)
Dec 11 (1)

Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata (species writeup) Show 1 record

Lorong Halus Wetland (inc. Serangoon Reservoir and former ‘Serangoon’)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 8 (1)

White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Rower’s Bay Park / Seletar Club Road

Highest count: 5 individuals

eBird
Dec 4 (5)
Dec 25 (4)

Rosy Starling Pastor roseus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Laguna National Golf and Country Club

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 04 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Matthew H. Sturgess

Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica (species writeup) Show 2 records

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 10 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Lee Zhi Heng

eBird
Dec 10 (1)

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 25 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Mohamed Fazlin Bin Said Mohd

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

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 25 (1)

Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus (species writeup) Show 4 records

Bukit Timah Summit

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 20 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 2 (2)
Dec 10 (1)
Dec 11 (1)
Dec 18 (1)
Dec 27 (1)
Dec 28 (1)

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 5 individuals

Earlier record on 21 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 3 (1)
Dec 4 (5)

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 6 individuals

eBird
Dec 2 (6)
Dec 23 (2)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 26 (1)

Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica (species writeup) Show 3 records

St John’s Island

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 4 (1)

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 21 (1)
Dec 25 (1)

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 30 (1)

Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea (species writeup) Show 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 6 (1)

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 7 (1)

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

SBG–Healing Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 20 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 4 (1)
Dec 5 (1)

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 27 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 21 (1)
Dec 23 (1)
Dec 25 (1)
Dec 26 (1)

Green-backed Flycatcher at Dairy Farm Nature Park on 28 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap

Green-backed Flycatcher at Dairy Farm Nature Park on 28 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Francis Yap
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki (species writeup) Show 7 records

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 20 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 2 (1)
Dec 7 (2)
Dec 8 (1)
Dec 11 (1)
Dec 22 (1)
Dec 24 (1)
(not a complete list)

Telok Blangah Hill Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 23 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 1 (1)
Dec 6 (1)

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 27 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 23 (2)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 28 Nov 2022

eBird
Dec 2 (1)

Singapore Quarry at Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
Dec 13 (2)

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 19 (1)

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 25 (1)

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius (species writeup) Show 1 record

Strathmore Avenue

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 28 Dec 2022

RC decision: Accepted

Submitted by Lee Zhi Heng

SBP (subrecords)
Dec 28 – Kaeden Sim (1)

eBird
Dec 28 (1)
Dec 29 (1)
Dec 29 (2)
Dec 30 (1)
Dec 30 (1)
Dec 30 (1)
Dec 30 (1)

Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus (species writeup) Show 1 record

MacRitchie Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
Dec 2 (1)

Rarity records still under review

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

People’s Park Centre

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 08 Dec 2022

Record under review

Submitted by Lin Junpei, Nicholas

Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Tuas South

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 25 Dec 2022

Record under review

Submitted by Wai Heng Lua

eBird
Dec 25 (1)

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

Pasir Ris Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 10 Dec 2022

Record under review

eBird
Dec 10 (1)

Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Dempsey Hill

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 26 Dec 2022

Record under review

Submitted by Kenneth Ang

SBP (subrecords)
Dec 26 – Jonathan Lin (1)

eBird
Dec 26 (1)
Dec 26 (1)
Dec 26 (1)
Dec 29 (1)
Dec 29 (1)
Dec 30 (1)
(not a complete list)

Red-billed Starling at Dempsey Hill. Photo credit: Raymond Siew

Red-billed Starling at Dempsey Hill. Photo credit: Raymond Siew
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius (species writeup) Show 1 record

Tanjong Pagar

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 29 Dec 2022

Record under review

Submitted by Herman Phua

eBird
Dec 28 (1)
Dec 29 (1)

Blue Rock Thrush at Tanjong Pagar on 29 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Herman Phua

Blue Rock Thrush at Tanjong Pagar on 29 Dec 2022. Photo credit: Herman Phua

This report is made possible by analyzing the many hundreds of checklists uploaded to eBird every month, identifying and merging sightings, and compiling these records into the required format. This process is almost entirely automated, with light editing by our team as needed. We hope that we did not overlook any eBird records of species listed in this report, and that the report is factually correct.

Before our official launch in August 2023 (and subsequent renaming to the Bird Society of Singapore), articles on this blog were published under our previous name, the Singapore Birds Project.
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