Raptor watching continued to deliver in early November, with several rather cooperative (but not for everyone!) Short-toed Snake Eagles, but the highlight of the month was a likely White’s Thrush at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.
Highlights
- The White’s Thrush at the Singapore Botanic Gardens is a national first, if confirmed by the Records Committee
- Possibly up to five Short-toed Snake Eagles; over a third of this species’s 23 records in Singapore have now been in 2022 and 2023, and all of these have been between 2 and 13 Nov
- Six Black Kites, and up to 14 Greater Spotted Eagles, both are significant numbers
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana at Lower Peirce
- Two Sakhalin Leaf Warblers were both earlier than our previous early date
All records for Nov 2023 (Show all records)
Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka (species writeup) Show 2 records
Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (species writeup) Show 3 records
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax (species writeup) Show 1 record
Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (species writeup) Show 2 records
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis (species writeup) Show 1 record
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator (species writeup) Show 1 record
White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica (species writeup) Show 2 records
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (species writeup) Show 1 record
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (species writeup) Show 1 record
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis (species writeup) Show 1 record
Sanderling Calidris alba (species writeup) Show 1 record
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis (species writeup) Show 1 record
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida (species writeup) Show 1 record
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus (species writeup) Show 3 records
Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster (species writeup) Show 5 records
Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis (species writeup) Show 3 records
Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela (species writeup) Show 7 records
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus (species writeup) Show 5 records
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga (species writeup) Show 9 records
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Black Kite Milvus migrans (species writeup) Show 6 records
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo (species writeup) Show 1 record
Northern Boobook Ninox japonica (species writeup) Show 2 records
Barred Eagle-Owl Bubo sumatranus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata (species writeup) Show 1 record
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting (species writeup) Show 2 records
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca (species writeup) Show 3 records
Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis (species writeup) Show 4 records
Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus (species writeup) Show 2 records
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides (species writeup) Show 2 records
White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis (species writeup) Show 1 record
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus (species writeup) Show 3 records
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea (species writeup) Show 4 records
Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis brunneatus (species writeup) Show 4 records
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki (species writeup) Show 2 records
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius (species writeup) Show 1 record
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus (species writeup) Show 1 record
Rarity records still under review
Shikra Accipiter badius (species writeup) Show 1 record
Northern Boobook Ninox japonica (species writeup) Show 1 record
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Show 1 record
White’s Thrush Zoothera aurea (species writeup) Show 1 record