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Birding Starter Pack
August 25, 2022 / August 31, 2022 by raghavnarayanswamy | 4 Comments on Announcing our new migrant bar charts!
Have you ever asked when you should expect to start seeing warblers and flycatchers make their way to Singapore, or when to start watching the skies for the fall raptor migration? Our new MIGRANT BAR CHARTS seek to answer these questions and more!
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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.
Checklist Revisions
February 11, 2022 / August 31, 2022 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
Our Records Committee maintains an up-to-date checklist of Singapore's bird species, incorporating latest advances in understanding of regional birds. Our official checklist is updated twice a year. Version 2022-1, published in February 2022, is the year's first checklist revision.
February 5, 2022 / August 4, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | 1 Comment on More ways to interact with Singapore’s rare bird data
Our Records Committee page is growing rapidly, with over 1400 records and counting. The team is also hard at work to build on the content featured on the site. In this post, we discuss the latest addition to our functionality list: a bar-chart view for rare bird species to illustrate the best time of year to look for each species.
Science
November 11, 2021 / August 31, 2022 by OkamotoKeitaSin | 3 Comments on Singapore Birds Database: A Digital Museum of Local Bird Information
~Record keeping with the future in mind~ By Sin Yong Chee Keita & Dillen Ng Summary The Singapore Birds Database contains an easy-to-use search interface that allows you to look up information on locally rare bird species More than 1000 records across over 160 species are now freely available to the public You can contribute […]
October 15, 2021 / September 15, 2023 by raghavnarayanswamy | Leave a Comment
By Raghav Narayanswamy For much of my first few years of birding in Singapore, I wondered how the data from earlier eras in local ornithology could be made available for more to benefit; if early dates and late dates, major hotspots, past trends in the local avifauna, among other useful information, could be compiled in […]
October 6, 2021 / August 31, 2022 by movin92 | Leave a Comment
Extinction is an evocative word, with some of the world’s most iconic birds such as the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius having achieved infamy for the dubious distinction of belonging to this category. Though the term often implies a sense of permanent loss, there are scenarios where extinction is not forever. […]
September 15, 2021 / August 31, 2022 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
The Singapore Birds Project checklist is updated regularly according to taxonomic updates by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). Our team recently conducted a thorough review to vote on additional species to be added to or removed from the checklist. In the spirit of ensuring that accurate information is provided in a timely fashion, we decided […]
July 14, 2021 / August 31, 2022 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
The latest revision of the Singapore Bird List is now derived from IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. The following are the major changes: Addition: Wedge-tailed Shearwater – First record of a single bird at Woodlands on 22 June 1998, second record of a single bird […]
ID Articles
June 28, 2021 / May 21, 2024 by OkamotoKeitaSin | Leave a Comment
Pelagic birds are rather scarce in Singapore, so news of the grounded Shearwater found at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park on 23 June must have caught everybody by surprise. The bird was originally found by a passer-by below a HDB block in the area and then transported to the park. It was later spotted by William […]
January 25, 2021 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
The latest revision of the Singapore Bird List is now derived from IOC World Bird List Version 11.1. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. The following are the major changes: Addition: Common Swift – First record of a single bird on 9 October 2020 at Jelutong Tower, Central Catchment Nature Reserve. Second […]
August 3, 2020 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | 2 Comments on Bird List Revision for August 2020
The latest revision of the Singapore Bird List is now derived from IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. The following are the major changes: Addition: Shikra: – A single juvenile bird reported flying pass at Jelutong Tower on 21 November 2019 represent the first confirmed record […]
March 14, 2020 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
This is the latest revision of the Singapore Bird List dated 14 March 2020. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. The following are the major changes: Addition: White-cheeked Starling: – A single bird first reported at Picadilly, Seletar on 16 January 2020, which represent the first confirmed record for this very rare […]
January 28, 2020 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
The latest revision of the Singapore Bird List is now derived from IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. The following are the major changes: Addition: Taiga Flycatcher: – A single bird first reported at Singapore Botanical Gardens on 1 December 2019 represent the first confirmed record […]
November 18, 2019 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
The third revision of the Singapore Bird List for 2019 is now available at our website. There are now 408 birds recorded in our list. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. There are four new species added in this revision. Pied Stilt 2 stilts were first observed on 16 July 2019 at […]
May 2, 2019 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
A minor revision to the checklist to cover changes and corrections to the Malay names of bird species. The changes are as follows (new Malay names in bracket): Red Junglefowl (Ayam-Hutan Biasa) Malaysian Plover (Rapang Pantai Melayu) Oriental Plover (Rapang Padang Asia Timur) Whimbrel (Kendi Gajah) Little Curlew (Kendi Kerdil Asia) Far Eastern Curlew (Kendi […]
March 4, 2019 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
The latest revision of the Singapore Bird List is now derived from IOC World Bird List Version 9.1. Changes are as follow: Addition: Black-headed Bunting – A single bird seen at Kranji Marsh/Neo Tiew Harvest Lane on 18th November 2018 (Martin Kennewell and friends). There are doubts about the condition of tail feathers, but the […]
November 12, 2018 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | 1 Comment on Bird List Revision for November 2018
The fourth revision of the Singapore Bird List for 2018 is now available at our website. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. There are two new species added in this revision. Large Woodshrike A female Large Woodshrike was seen at Jelutong Tower on the morning of 22 October 2018. This species was […]
June 1, 2018 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
The third revision of the Singapore Bird List for 2018 is now available at our website. The downloadable list (in Excel format) is available HERE. There is one new species added in this revision, the Great Slaty Woodpecker. Previously considered to be extirpated from Singapore, with 2 unconfirmed sightings at Changi in the 1970s. A […]
January 30, 2018 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
The latest revision of the Singapore Bird List is now derived from IOC World Bird List Version 8.1. Changes are as follow: Addition: Little Stint– Two birds at Chek Jawa, Pulau Ubin on 21 September 2017 by NParks (David Li, Jacky Soh and Fadhli Ahmad) Addition: Verditer Flycatcher – A single bird photographed by George […]
August 1, 2017 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
We are pleased to publish the latest revision of the Singapore Bird List to include taxonomic changes based on the latest IOC World Bird List version 7.3. The changes are: Replacing Glossy Swiftlet with Plume-toed Swiftlet due to split of the Glossy Swiftlet species complex (Rheindt et al. 2017) Change of genus name for Garganey […]
June 13, 2017 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
We have revised our Singapore Bird List with the following changes: The changes are: Addition: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird – 2005 record from Martin Kennewell Addition: Green Broadbill – 2014 records from Pulau Ubin (Keita Sin) and East Coast Park (See Toh Yew Wai) Deletion: Western Marsh Harrier Taxonomic change – Himalayan Cuckoo from Oriental Cuckoo The […]
April 23, 2017 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
There have been some minor English Name as well as Scientific Name changes to be in sync with the IOC World Bird List version 7.2 published in April 22 2017. The English Name changes are are: Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher from Oriental Paradise Flycatcher. Rufous-bellied Eagle from Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle. The Scientific Name changes are: Ruff […]
January 13, 2017 / August 31, 2022 by Francis Yap | Leave a Comment
We have made some additions as well as deletions to our checklist based on recent sightings or the lack of them. The new additions are: Jacobin Cuckoo which was sighted in December 2013 and on subsequent season in 2014, both at Lorong Halus Wetland. Black Hornbill with a subadult male sighting in July 2015 at […]
