Monthly Roundups

Monthly Roundup: Dec 2024

Monthly Roundup: Dec 2024

2024 opened with a White-throated Rock Thrush at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on New Year’s Day, and closed with Singapore’s first Black Stork – on the last day of the year. There were other nice birds in December too, like a male Narcissus Flycatcher and at least two Thick-billed Flowerpeckers at Dairy Farm.

Highlights

  • Singapore’s first Black Stork at Jelutong Tower, the second national first record for 2024 after the Two-barred Warbler in May
  • Two Narcissus Flycatchers, including an adult male, at Dairy Farm Nature Park
  • Thick-billed Flowerpeckers back in the same tree from 2019 at Dairy Farm Nature Park
  • Amur Stonechat at Pasir Ris Farmway 3 and Lim Chu Kang

All records for Dec 2024 (Show all records)

King Quail Synoicus chinensis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pasir Ris Farmway 3 (inc. Pasir Ris Farmway 2)

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka (species writeup) Show 3 records

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 21 Nov 2024

eBird

Fort Canning Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Fort Siloso

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Mount Faber

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 06 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (species writeup) Show 3 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 03 Nov 2024

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

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

Highest count: 4 individuals

eBird
(not a complete list)

Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (species writeup) Show 2 records

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 02 Jun 2024

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 29 Jun 2024

eBird

Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides (species writeup) Show 2 records

Tuas South (Tuas South Avenue 16 and surrounds)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

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

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird
(not a complete list)

Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (species writeup) Show 3 records

Bidadari

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 08 Nov 2024

eBird

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

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 13 Nov 2024

eBird

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Community Garden of Vidacity, 3A Pasir Ris Drive 6

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 06 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted/Escapee

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

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Bidadari

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

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

Tampines Ave 4

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Watercock Gallicrex cinerea (species writeup) Show 5 records

Pasir Ris Farmway 3 (inc. Pasir Ris Farmway 2)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Changi Business Park canal

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Seletar End / Piccadilly

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Kranji Marsh

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator (species writeup) Show 1 record

Tuas South (Tuas South Avenue 16 and surrounds)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 16 Jun 2024

eBird

Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii (species writeup) Show 2 records

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

Highest count: 5 individuals

Earlier record on 10 Jun 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Tanah Merah Coast Road

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 09 Aug 2024

eBird

Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus (species writeup) Show 1 record

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

Highest count: 4 individuals

Earlier record on 25 Sep 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

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

Marina East

Highest count: 3 individuals

First recorded 03 Oct 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
(not a complete list)

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

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 4 individuals

eBird

Swinhoe’s Snipe Gallinago megala (species writeup) Show 2 records

Pasir Ris Farmway 3

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 19 Dec 2024

RC decision: Not accepted

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 10 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

Swinhoe's Snipe at Changi Business Park on 10 Dec 2024. Photo credit: T.Ramesh

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus (species writeup) Show 3 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 18 Aug 2024

eBird

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 01 Nov 2024

eBird

Seletar Dam (Yishun Dam)

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 5 individuals

eBird

Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 5 individuals

First recorded 16 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 30 Nov 2024

eBird

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

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 15 individuals

Earlier record on 01 Nov 2024

eBird

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum (species writeup) Show 1 record

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

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

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve – East inc. Kranji Nature Trail

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 7 individuals

Earlier record on 01 Jun 2024

eBird

Black Stork Ciconia nigra (species writeup) Show 1 record

Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 31 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Black Stork at Jelutong Tower on 31 Dec 2024. Photo credit: Tony W

Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster (species writeup) Show 3 records

Hindhede Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 10 Jul 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Pulau Ubin

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 17 Nov 2024

eBird

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis (species writeup) Show 6 records

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 28 Nov 2024

eBird

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

West Coast Park: west

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Von Schrenck’s Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus (species writeup) Show 1 record

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

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus (species writeup) Show 2 records

Block 284 HDB Toh Guan, Singapore SG-SG (1.3390,103.7473)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 23 Nov 2024

eBird

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni (species writeup) Show 4 records

Coney Island (Serangoon Island)

Highest count: 12 individuals

Earlier record on 16 Nov 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Changi Business Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 22 Nov 2024

eBird

Mount Faber Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

West Coast Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga (species writeup) Show 1 record

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird

Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Tuas South (Tuas South Avenue 16 and surrounds)

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos (species writeup) Show 1 record

Tuas South Way

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Black Kite Milvus migrans (species writeup) Show 1 record

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Mount Faber Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 06 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana (species writeup) Show 2 records

Singapore Quarry

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 12 Nov 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Along Old upper Thomson road

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 31 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

Barred Eagle-Owl at Along Old upper Thomson road on 31 Dec 2024. Photo credit: ANG JUN YANG

Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda (species writeup) Show 2 records

Bidadari

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 07 Nov 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Pulau Ubin: Chek Jawa Wetlands

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 26 Nov 2024

eBird

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

West Coast Park: west

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca (species writeup) Show 2 records

Bidadari

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Lower Peirce Reservoir Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius (species writeup) Show 1 record

Punggol Seventeenth Avenue

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 13 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Black-thighed Falconet at Punggol Seventeenth Avenue on 13 Dec 2024. Photo credit: Tony W

Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus (species writeup) Show 2 records

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 02 Jun 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 7 individuals

Earlier record on 11 Jun 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida (species writeup) Show 5 records

Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

327 Tah Ching Road

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis (species writeup) Show 3 records

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

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 30 Nov 2024

eBird

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Bidadari Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata (species writeup) Show 4 records

Botanic Gardens, Singapore

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 01 Nov 2024

eBird

Auto selected 1.34109, 103.72424

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 30 Nov 2024

eBird

West Coast Park: west

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Central Catchment Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Bidadari

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Rifle Range Link

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus (species writeup) Show 5 records

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 17 Nov 2024

eBird

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

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 30 Nov 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Fragrant Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

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

West Coast Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 29 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes (species writeup) Show 1 record

Central Catchment

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 11 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

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

Marina East Drive

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 24 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Red-billed Starling at Marina East Drive on 24 Dec 2024. Photo credit: DYLAN CK LEE

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

Tuas South (Tuas South Avenue 16 and surrounds)

Highest count: 7 individuals

eBird

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

rainforest trail

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus (species writeup) Show 5 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 3 individuals

Earlier record on 16 Nov 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

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

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 24 Nov 2024

eBird

Bidadari

Highest count: 2 individuals

Earlier record on 30 Nov 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Fort Canning Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea (species writeup) Show 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 29 Sep 2024

eBird
(not a complete list)

Bidadari Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Zappey’s Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis (species writeup) Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 16 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Zappey's Flycatcher at Dairy Farm Nature Park on 16 Dec 2024. Photo credit: Tony W

Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae (species writeup) Show 3 records

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird
(not a complete list)

Windsor Nature Park including Venus Drive and Venus Loop

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina (species writeup) Show 2 records

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 07 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 06 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
(not a complete list)

Narcissus Flycatcher at Dairy Farm Nature Park on 06 Dec 2024. Photo credit: Ben Choo

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

Pinnacle@Duxton

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 25 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri (species writeup) Show 2 records

Lim Chu Kang

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 07 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Pasir Ris Farmway 3

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 11 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

SG Bird Database (subrecords)

eBird
(not a complete list)

Amur Stonechat at Pasir Ris Farmway 3 on 15 Dec 2024. Photo credit: Ah Heng

Thick-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum agile (species writeup) Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 2 individuals

First recorded 11 Dec 2024

RC decision: Accepted

SG Bird Database (subrecords)

eBird
(not a complete list)

Thick-billed Flowerpecker at Dairy Farm Nature Park on 14 Dec 2024. Photo credit: Ah Heng

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum (species writeup) Show 1 record

Bukit Timah Hill

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 20 Nov 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys (species writeup) Show 1 record

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 16 Nov 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird
(not a complete list)

Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus (species writeup) Show 3 records

CCNR–Jelutong Tower

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 23 Oct 2024

eBird

Bidadari

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Dairy Farm Nature Park

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

White Wagtail Motacilla alba (species writeup) Show 3 records

Canal (Near TSX Exchange)

Highest count: 1 individual

Earlier record on 29 Nov 2024

eBird

Kranji Sanctuary Golf Course

Highest count: 3 individuals

eBird

Simpang Grassland (former)

Highest count: 2 individuals

eBird

Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus (species writeup) Show 1 record

Kranji Sanctuary Golf Course

Highest count: 1 individual

eBird

Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus/optatus Show 1 record

Japanese Garden

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 18 Nov 2024

RC decision: Accepted

eBird

Rarity records still under review

Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris (species writeup) Show 1 record

Fu Shan Garden, Woodlands

Highest count: 1 individual

First recorded 27 Dec 2024

Record under review

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