March is normally when migrants are starting to return north, but it wasn’t a quiet month by any stretch!
Highlights
- An incredible record of Great Slaty Woodpecker, just the second this century – nearly 50 eBird sightings were submitted within one day!
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher at two locations
- Two records of Ashy Drongo, including one of the rare nigrescens race
All records for Mar 2023 (Show all records)
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka (species writeup) Show 1 record
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (species writeup) Show 4 records
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax (species writeup) Show 1 record
Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis (species writeup) Show 1 record
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus (species writeup) Show 2 records
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
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus (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 1 record
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (species writeup) Show 3 records
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster (species writeup) Show 3 records
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 1 record
Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni (species writeup) Show 1 record
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela (species writeup) Show 2 records
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca (species writeup) Show 1 record
Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus (species writeup) Show 3 records
Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida (species writeup) Show 2 records
Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea (species writeup) Show 1 record
Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Black-headed Bulbul Brachypodius melanocephalos (species writeup) Show 1 record
Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina (species writeup) Show 1 record
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica (species writeup) Show 3 records
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana (species writeup) Show 2 records
Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae (species writeup) Show 2 records
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki (species writeup) Show 2 records
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Rarity records still under review
Northern Boobook Ninox japonica (species writeup) Show 1 record
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.