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By the Bird Society of Singapore
Science
August 9, 2022 / August 15, 2022 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 1 Comment on Messages from the Cinereous and Streaked Bulbuls
The Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus and Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis are both uncommon to rare species in Singapore. However, once in a while, they appear in numbers all across Singapore. What can we infer from these sightings?
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ID Articles
August 9, 2022 / November 14, 2022 by Dillen Ng | 5 Comments on RAP301: What is that raptor?
Contributed by Max Khoo, this infographic is a simple and easy-to-use visual guide to the raptors of Singapore.
Monthly Roundups
July 20, 2022 / August 3, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
June was a relatively quiet month, but with records of rarities like Black-thighed Falconet and Pied Stilt, it's hard to call it a boring one!
June 19, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
The buzz at Chek Jawa continued into the start of the month, and more sightings of uncommon breeding species made this May one to remember!
Birding Starter Pack
June 5, 2022 / November 1, 2023 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 7 Comments on 8 resident bird calls you should know from Singapore’s parks
There are ~400 species of birds in Singapore, but how many of them are you able to identify by call? Here are eight easy and commonly heard ones to get you started!
May 22, 2022 / May 22, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
While April is usually the month when rarities begin to taper off and most migrants start returning to their breeding grounds for the summer, April this year was anything but quiet!
May 17, 2022 / May 20, 2022 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 2 Comments on Soaring all over Singapore: Himalayan Vultures in the 2021/2022 season
During the 2021/2022 winter season, Singapore experienced a record breaking number of Himalayan Vulture sightings. Could they actually all have been the same few birds just flying around the area? Read on to find out!
April 20, 2022 / August 9, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
We've been getting a lot of great birds lately, all thanks to the enthusiastic contributions of birders in Singapore! More and more members of the community are also using eBird to record their sightings, which has made it easier to keep track of these sightings in a single consolidated source. So we believe now is as good a time as ever for the Singapore Birds Project to start publishing monthly bird roundups, summarizing records of rare and scarce species locally over the past month. This roundup is the first of the series, and it contains sightings posted on eBird as well as rarity records submitted to the Singapore Bird Database.
March 21, 2022 / August 4, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | 1 Comment on Exploring birds on this day in history
Drawing on our collection of nearly 1,500 records and counting, our new "On this day" page highlights past records on this day in history, accompanied by details and photos where possible.
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February 13, 2022 / February 14, 2022 by ZacCzk | Leave a Comment
Eldon Ng is pursuing a Diploma in Mass Communications at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. As part of his work, Eldon has prepared a Beginner’s guide on “How to start birding in Singapore?”, which he has kindly shared with the Singapore Birds Project. Thanks Eldon!
