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By the Bird Society of Singapore
Monthly Roundups
September 2, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by raghavnarayanswamy
Main attraction of July was the same as in 2024 – Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoos.
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July 28, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by raghavnarayanswamy
A Great Hornbill at Singapore Quarry headlined a quiet June – this record is now being assessed by the Records Committee.
Science
July 26, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by Keren Sadanandan
It’s been a month of excitement, upheaval, and some head-scratching for birders and ornithologists across the globe. What’s been going on? Why have feathers been ruffled? Why are people posting updates to their Singapore bird lists? The source of this consternation has been the publication of a new avian checklist named AviList, which BirdSoc SG […]
Checklist Revisions
July 24, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by raghavnarayanswamy
The latest update of our checklist, version 2025-2, has been published. It can be accessed at our Downloads page.
ID Articles
July 24, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by Collin Chua
Having trouble identifying the small aerodynamic specks in the sky? This article will guide you through the identification of the 11 swift species in Singapore and how you can differentiate them from the similar-looking treeswifts and swallows.
June 25, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by raghavnarayanswamy
May is typically when birding activity winds down, although there were a few new late dates set this month for some migratory species.
Talks
June 25, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by OkamotoKeitaSin
Why do birds call, and what do they mean? What about other sounds made by the birds? How can we best remember and document them? Keita Sin's spotlight talk Seeing Sounds, Hearing Feathers at the 2025 Festival of Biodiversity seeks to answer some of the questions we have about the enigmatic world of bird sounds. Read on to watch the full recording of the talk.
June 17, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by OkamotoKeitaSin
An Introduction to Malayan Birds by Guy Madoc is a book with an extraordinary history - it was written in prison during World War II. In January 2025, Fenella Madoc, the daughter of Guy Madoc, shared her father's story as a prisoner of war in Changi Prison and how he was able to put together a book about birds in the most extreme of circumstances. Read on to watch the full video of her story, Keita's short talk about the importance of such literature in Singapore, and a fireside chat with Fenella, Keita, and Yen Yi and Kathy from the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum.
May 30, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by OkamotoKeitaSin
Consider two different birding sites. In one, we have no idea whether a particular species lives there or not because no birdwatchers visit. In another, we can infer that that particular species probably doesn't live there because birdwatchers frequent the site yet fail to find it. Accurate data telling us that a bird is missing is often as important as accurate data telling us that another species of bird is present. We explore the importance of such information in this article.
May 26, 2025 / January 9, 2026 by raghavnarayanswamy
Chek Jawa delivers a national first record for the third year in a row!
