Birders' Stories Science Significant Records

April 28, 2026 / May 5, 2026 by Jared Tan

Jared Tan Introduction Singapore is an island located at the southernmost tip of the Malay Peninsula. Although just separated by a short distance of 2 km by the Straits of Johor from neighbouring Johor, Malaysia, there are many species found in Peninsula Malaysia which have not been recorded or have been found to be locally […]

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Science Significant Records

April 15, 2026 / April 15, 2026 by Dillen Ng

The arrival of a Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) in a landed housing estate at Branksome Road, Singapore, from the middle of January 2026 was a cause for significant excitement in the birding and bird photography community. The species has been on the wish list of many local birders and there is even an historic (albeit unconfirmed) record in 1987. How has the Records Committee assessed this record?

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Quarterly/Monthly Roundups

March 13, 2026 / March 15, 2026 by Jared Tan

Oct to Dec 2025 yielded lots of action, with three new species recorded for Singapore—Rhinoceros Hornbill, Rustic Bunting and Willow Warbler, as well as several other rarities.

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eBird

February 10, 2026 by Jared Tan

Jared Tan As you may now know, BirdSoc SG has recently partnered with eBird and are now part of the team managing eBird in Singapore! Our team has been hard at work reviewing the filters and records of rare and range-restricted species in Singapore, and we felt that it would be a good time to  share […]

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ID Articles Science Significant Records

December 20, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by Collin Chua

Western Hooded Pittas have full black heads now? Are they starting to bald? Read on to learn more about the different subspecies of Western Hooded Pitta we can observe in Singapore.

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eBird

December 9, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by OkamotoKeitaSin

The Bird Society of Singapore has partnered with eBird and our moderating team are working hard to improve the quality and reliability of the local database. Read on to learn about what some of these changes entail, which may explain an increase in the number of emails you are receiving from us. Disclaimer: The checklist in the featured image is a fake checklist to highlight a possible reason why you might be receiving emails from the eBird moderators.

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Birders' Stories

December 1, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by Francis Yap

November is smack in the middle of the autumn migration season for Singapore. Whether trying to look for raptors at Mt Faber, or trying our luck for waders at Sungei Buloh, birders have every excuse to get out and look for rarities. Who knows, we may get lucky and stumble upon a national first bird […]

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Significant Records

November 25, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by richthebirder

The first Steppe Eagle in Singapore since 1999 was found at the Bird Society of Singapore’s fourth Henderson Waves Raptor Watch. Impressively, we learnt through eBird that almost surely the same individual (based on feather tear patterns) was found about two weeks later in Java, Indonesia!

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Quarterly/Monthly Roundups

November 1, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by raghavnarayanswamy

Based on your feedback, our monthly roundups will see some changes soon. This will be the last one in this format. Please look out for the changes for October onwards and let us know what you think!

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