Birds in Singapore
Last Updated on 21 October 2026
Who would have thought that our little tropical island of Singapore is home to a remarkable variety of birdlife? More than 400 species of birds have been recorded here, finding space to feed, roost, and thrive in our parks and forests.
Somewhere along the way, we’ve made it a personal mission (or maybe a mild obsession) to seek out as many of these birds as possible. From catching them mid-flight to hearing their songs echo through the trees, each sighting feels like a small discovery. If we’re lucky, we might even manage to capture them in less-than-dignified poses—because even birds have bad feather days.
This gallery brings together all the fabulous feathery faces we’ve stumbled upon during our many hikes across Singapore’s green spaces. Each encounter was a mix of timing, luck, and a lot of staring into trees while pretending we know what we’re doing.
Family Nectariniidae (sunbirds and spiderhunters)
Ornate Sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
Sighted: Everywhere
Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Central Catchment Park Connector, Dairy Farm Nature Park, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Copper-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma calcostetha)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Van Hasselt’s Sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana)
Sighted: Bukit Batok Nature Park
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
Sighted: Bukit Batok Nature Park, Thomson Nature Park
Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park
Family Zosteropidae (white-eyes)
Swinhoe’s White-eye (Zosterops simplex)
Sighted: Everywhere
Family Cisticolidae (cisticolas and allies)
Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps)
Sighted: Everywhere
Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
Sighted: Everywhere
Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
Sighted: Gardens by the Bay, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park, Windsor Nature Park
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Windsor Nature Park
Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang
Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Bishan Park, Coney Island, Lakeside Garden
Family Rhipiduridae (fantails)
Sunda Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens by the Bay, Jurong Eco Garden, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden
Family Estrildidae (estrildid finches)
Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Coney Island, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jurong Eco-Garden, Kallang Riverside Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden, Lorong Halus, MacRitchie Reservoir
Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
Sighted: Coney Island, Lakeside Garden, Lorong Halus, Lim Chu Kang
White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja)
Sighted: Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Holland Green Linear Park
Javan Munia (Lonchura leucogastroides)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden, Lorong Halus, Telok Blangah Hill Park
White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)
Sighted: Telok Blangah Hill Park
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Sighted: Coney Island
Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
Sighted: Bishan Park
Crimson-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)
Sighted: Coney Island, Tanah Merah Coast Road
Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Bishan Park, Gardens by the Bay
Red-cheeked Cordon-blue (Uraeginthus bengalus)
Sighted: Eastwood Park
Cut-throat Finch (Amadina fasciata)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Family Viduidae (indigobirds)
Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
Sighted: Changi Bay Point
Family Fringillidae (finches)
Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Marina Grove
Black-throated Canary (Crithagra atrogularis)
Sighted: Changi Bay Point
Family Acrocephalidae (reed warblers)
Oriental Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Gardens By The Bay, Kranji Marshes, Marina Grove
Black-browed Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)
Sighted: Kranji Marshes, Lim Chu Kang, Ulu Pandan Park Connector
Family Phylloscopidae (leaf warblers)
Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
Sighted: Everywhere
Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens
Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)
Sighted: Bukit Timah Hill
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Sighted: Marina Grove
Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
Sighted: Clementi Woods Park
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
Sighted: Marina East Drive
Family Locustellidae (grassbirds and allies)
Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
Sighted: Kent Ridge Park
Pallas’s Grasshopper-warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Kranji Marshes
Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)
Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Sighted: Lim Chu Kang
Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Holland Plain, Lakeside Garden, Lazarus Island, Lim Chu Kang
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Holland Green Linear Park, Lim Chu Kang
Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
Sighted: Lim Chu Kang
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
Sighted: Lim Chu Kang
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Lim Chu Kang, Punggol Park
Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Family Ploceidae (weavers and relatives)
Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
Sighted: Kranji Marshes, Lim Chu Kang, Lorong Halus, Tampines Eco Green
Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni)
Sighted: Coney Island, Kranji Marshes, Lim Chu Kang, Lorong Halus
Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)
Sighted: Lorong Halus Wetland
Asian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)
Sighted: Tampines Eco Green
Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris)
Sighted: Changi East Drive, Tanah Merah Coast Road
Family Laniidae (shrikes)
Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
Sighted: Lorong Halus Wetland
Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)
Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)
Sighted: Everywhere
White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin, Thomson Nature Park
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
Sighted: Everywhere
Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park
Brown-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa williamsoni)
Sighted: Choa Chu Kang Park, Kent Ridge Park
Brown-breasted Flycatcher (Muscicapa muttui)
Sighted: Punggol Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park
Ferruginous Flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher (Rhinomyias brunneatus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Labrador Nature Reserve
Green-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park
Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Labrador Nature Reserve
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Gardens By The Bay, Labrador Nature Reserve
Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park
Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Pasir Ris Park
Blue-and-White Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Zappey’s Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Lower Peirce Reservoir
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Sighted: Kent Ridge Park
Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park, Springleaf Nature Park
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
Sighted: Dover Walking Trail, Lim Chu Kang, Lorong Halus
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Sighted: Pasir Panjang
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Pasir Panjang
Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Sighted: Dawson
White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis)
Sighted: Bukit Timah Hill
Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Sighted: Tampines Eco Green
Family Pachycephalidae (whistlers)
Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala grisola)
Sighted: Changi Bay Point, Labrador Nature Reserve, Tanah Merah Coast Road
Family Aegithinidae (ioras)
Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
Sighted: Everywhere
Family Vangidae (vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies)
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus)
Sighted: Jelutong Tower, Pulau Ubin
Family Picidae (woodpeckers)
Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Choa Chu Kang Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Rifle Range Nature Park, Thomson Nature Park
Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Labrador Nature Reserve, Pasir Ris Park, Thomson Nature Park
Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Eco-Garden, Kranji Marshes, Tampines Eco Green
Rufous Woodpecker (Micropternus brachyurus)
Sighted: Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Eco-Garden, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Tampines Eco Green
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus moluccensis)
Sighted: Admiralty Park, Bishan Park, Gardens by the Bay, Pasir Ris Park
Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Family Dicaeidae (flowerpeckers)
Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
Sighted: Everywhere
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (Pachyglossa chrysorrhea)
Sighted: Bukit Timah Hill
Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus percussus)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
Thick-billed Flowerpecker (Pachyglossa agilis)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park
Family Pycnonotidae (bulbuls)
Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Chestnut Nature Park, Kent Ridge Park, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Sighted: Coney Island, Lorong Halus, Tampines Eco Green
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
Sighted: Everywhere
Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Lakeside Garden, MacRitchie Reservoir, Sentosa, Thomson Nature Park
Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus)
Sighted: Bukit Batok Nature Park, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Chestnut Nature Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Holland Green Linear Park, HortPark, Kranji Marshes, Pulau Ubin
Cinereous Bulbul (Hemixos cinereus)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
Asian Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower
Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex)
Sighted: Jelutong Tower
Stripe-throated Bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
Black-headed Bulbul (Microtarsus melanocephalos)
Sighted: Jelutong Tower
Family Chloropseidae (leafbirds)
Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower
Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower, Upper Seletar Reservoir Park
Family Irenidae (fairy bluebirds)
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower
Family Coraciidae (rollers)
Oriental Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Chestnut Nature Park, Jurong Eco-Garden, Kent Ridge Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Mount Faber Park, Sentosa, Tampines Eco Green, Thomson Nature Park
Family Eurylaimidae (Asian and Grauer’s broadbills)
Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Family Alcedinidae (kingfishers)
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Sighted: Everywhere
Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Hindhede Quarry, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park, Windsor Nature Park
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnencis)
Sighted: Everywhere
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Eco-Garden, Kranji Marshes, Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang, Pasir Ris Park, West Coast Park
Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Hindhede Quarry, Jurong Eco-Garden, Kranji Marshes, MacRitchie Reservoir, Windsor Nature Park
Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens, Lower Peirce Reservoir, Windsor Nature Park
Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
Sighted: Berlayer Creek, Bidadari Park, Lim Chu Kang
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, West Coast Park
Family Meropidae (bee-eaters)
Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis)
Sighted: Everywhere
Family Megalaimidae (barbets)
Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Jurong Eco-Garden, Kent Ridge Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden, Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park
Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Jurong Eco-Garden, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang
Red-crowned Barbet (Psilopogon rafflesii)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
Family Hirundinidae (swallows)
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Coney Island, Dairy Farm Nature Park, MacRitchie Reservoir, Serangoon Reservoir, Springleaf Nature Park
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Lim Chu Kang, Mount Faber Park
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Sighted: Holland Plain, Mount Faber Park
Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
Family Hemiprocnidae (treeswifts)
Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis)
Sighted: Alexandra Park Connector, Botanic Gardens
Family Apodidae (swifts)
Plume-toed Swiftlet (Collocalia affinis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Edible/Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus/maximus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Edible-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)
Sighted: Sentosa
Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus)
Sighted: Sentosa
Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
House Swift (Apus nipalensis)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus)
Sighted: Bukit Timah Hill, Mount Faber Park
White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus)
Sighted: Bukit Timah Hill, Mount Faber Park
Family Pittidae (pittas)
Mangrove Pitta (Pitta megarhyncha)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Lakeside Garden
Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden, Punggol Park
Western Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Family Acanthizidae (thornbills and allies)
Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea)
Sighted: Changi Bay Point, Bay East Garden
Family Vireonidae (vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis)
White-bellied Erponis (Erpornis zantholeuca)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
Family Dicruridae (drongos)
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Park Connector, Chestnut Nature Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Kent Ridge Park, Mount Faber Park, Pulau Ubin, Thomson Nature Park, Windsor Nature Park
Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectens)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Mount Faber Park
Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
Sighted: Marina South
Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
Sighted: Nanyang Crescent
Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
Family Monarchidae (monarchs, paradise flycatchers)
Amur Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay
Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
Sighted: Berlayer Creek, Botanic Gardens
Black Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
Sighted: Berlayer Creek, Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden
Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Asian Paradise Flycatcher – white morph
Sighted: Berlayer Creek, Bidadari Park
Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Family Turdidae (thrushes)
Orange-headed Thrush (Geokichla citrina)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park
Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Family Campephagidae (cuckooshrikes, trillers, minivets and relatives)
Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)
Sighted: Admiralty Park, Bay East Garden, Bidadari Park, Coney Island, Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang, Lorong Halus, Pasir Ris Park
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
Sighted: Coney Island, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park
Family Leiothrichidae (laughingthrushes)
White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Holland Green Linear Park, Kent Ridge Park, Mount Faber Park, Telok Blangah Hill Park
Black-throated Laughingthrush (Pterorhinus chinensis)
Sighted: Telok Blangah Hill Park
Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
Sighted: Sentosa
Family Timaliidae (Old World babblers)
Pin-striped Tit-babbler (Mixornis gularis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Chestnut Nature Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Thomson Nature Park
Abbott’s Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Nee Soon Swamp
Short-tailed Babbler (Pellorneum malaccense)
Sighted: MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Nee Soon Swamp
Family Rallidae (rails and relatives)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Gardens by the Bay, Kranji Marshes, Lakeside Garden
Baillon’s Crake (Zapornia pusilla)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Marina Grove
Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay
Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park
Band-bellied Crake (Porzana paykullii)
Sighted: Mandai
Slaty-breasted Rail (Lewinia striata)
Sighted: Greenway, Holland Green Linear Park, Lakeside Garden
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden, Marina Grove
White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)
Sighted: Kranji Marshes
Family Recurvirostridae (stilts and avocets)
Pied stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Sighted: Tuas South
Family Jacanidae (jacanas)
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Sighted: Lower Peirce Reservoir
Family Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns)
Yellow Bittern (Botaurus sinensis)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Kallang Riverside Park, Lakeside Garden
Black Bittern (Botaurus flavicollis)
Sighted: Gardens By The Bay, Lakeside Garden
Von Schrenck’s Bittern (Botaurus eurhythmus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Cinnamon Bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden
Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
Sighted: Admiralty Park, Bay East Garden, Botanic Gardens, Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Pasir Ris Park, Serangoon Reservoir, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, West Coast Park, Woodlands Waterfront Park
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Gardens By The Bay, Kranji Marshes, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Berlayer Creek, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Pasir Ris Park, Serangoon Reservoir, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Malayan Night Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens by the Bay, Kent Ridge Park
Pond Heron – non-breeding plumage (Ardeola sp.)
Sighted: Admiralty Park, Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Labrador Nature Reserve
Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Labrador Nature Reserve
Javan Pond Heron (Ardeola speciosa)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Bishan Park
Indian Pond Heron (Ardeola grayii)
Sighted: Dover Walking Trail, Park Street
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Changi Coast, Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Pasir Ris Park, Pulau Ubin, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Tampines Eco Green
Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Pacific Reef Heron – white morph (Egretta sacra)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Pacific Reef Heron – dark morph (Egretta sacra)
Sighted: Labrador Nature Reserve
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Sighted: Admiralty Park, Gardens By The Bay, Holland Green Linear Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lim Chu Kang, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Woodlands Waterfront Park
Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
Sighted: Gardens By The Bay, Kranji Marshes, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lim Chu Kang
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Marina Grove
Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
Family Gruoidea (cranes)
Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Sighted: Seletar
Family Threskiornithidae (ibises and spoonbills)
Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Family Ciconiidae (storks)
Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Asian Openbill (Anastomus oscitans)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Kranji Marshes, Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang, Bay East Garden
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Family Fregatidae (frigatebirds)
Christmas Island Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers and relatives)
Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Sighted: Yishun Dam
Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Changi Coast, Coney Island, Kranji Marshes, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang, Serangoon Reservoir, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Woodlands Waterfront Park
Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
Sighted: Kranji Marshes
Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago stenura)
Sighted: Kranji Marshes, Labrador Nature Reserve
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sighted: Seletar
Family Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings)
Malaysian Plover (Anarhynchus peronii)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Tibetan Sand Plover (Anarhynchus atrifrons)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Greater Sand Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Oriental Plover (Anarhynchus veredus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
White-faced Plover (Anarhynchus dealbatus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Sighted: Changi Coast
Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Kranji Marshes
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Holland Green Linear Park, Kranji Marshes, Lakeside Garden
Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Family Rostratulidae (painted-snipes)
Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Botanic Gardens, Kranji Marshes, Lim Chu Kang
Family Turnicidae (buttonquail)
Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Family Glareolidae (pratincoles and coursers)
Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Family Laridae (gulls, terns and skimmers)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Lakeside Garden, Lazarus Island, Pasir Ris Town Park
White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park, Pulau Ubin
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
Sighted: Singapore Strait
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Sighted: Bay East Garden
Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
Sighted: Singapore Strait
Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
Sighted: Singapore Strait
Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Sighted: Singapore Strait
Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans)
Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay
Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus)
Sighted: Bishan Park
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
Sighted: Serangoon Reservoir
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Sighted: Gardens by the Bay
Family Podicepidae (grebes)
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Lorong Halus
Family Anhingidae (darters)
Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)
Sighted: Hindhede Quarry
Family Accipitridae (hawks, eagles and kites)
Grey-headed Fish-Eagle (Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Hindhede Quarry, Singapore Quarry, Springleaf Nature Park, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
Sighted: Changi Coast, Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Kranji Marshes, Labrador Nature Reserve, Sentosa, Upper Seletar Reservoir Park
Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
Sighted: Changi Coast, Kent Ridge Park, Kranji Marshes, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Sentosa, West Coast Park
Changeable Hawk-eagle – pale morph (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
Sighted: Changi Coast, Kranji Marshes, Mount Faber Park
Changeable Hawk-eagle – dark morph (Spizaetus cirrhatus)
Sighted: Choa Chu Kang Park, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Mount Faber Park, Pasir Ris Park
Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park, Pulau Ubin
Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
Sighted: Bay East Garden, Lim Chu Kang
Oriental Honey Buzzard – dark morph (Pernis ptilorhyncus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Oriental Honey Buzzard – pale morph (Pernis ptilorhyncus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Crested Goshawk (Lophospiza trivirgata)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Pasir Ris Park, West Coast Park
Chinese Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza soloensis)
Sighted: Gardens By The Bay
Japanese Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza gularis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Mount Faber Park, West Coast Park
Besra (Tachyspiza virgata)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
Rufous-bellied Eagle (Hieraaetus kienerii)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Coney Island, Pasir Ris Park
Jerdon’s Baza (Aviceda jerdoni)
Sighted: Coney Island
Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
Sighted: Telok Blangah Hill Park
Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos)
Sighted: Tuas South
Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park, Tuas South
Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Family Pandionidae (osprey)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Sighted: Coney Island, Mandai Mudflats
Family Falconidae (falcons)
Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis)
Sighted: Lorong Halus
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Sighted: Rower’s Bay, Mandai Mudflats
Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius)
Sighted: Punggol
Family Bucerotidae (hornbills)
Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
Sighted: Alexandra Park Connector, Botanic Gardens, Changi Coast, Labrador Nature Reserve, Pasir Ris Park, Pulau Ubin
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
White-crowned Hornbill (Berenicornis comatus)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
Family Strigidae (typical owls)
Spotted Wood-Owl (Strix seloputo)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park
Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Bukit Timah Hill, Hindhede Nature Park
Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica)
Sighted: West Coast Park
Oriental Scops Owl – rufous morph (Otus sunia)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Collared Scops Owl (Otus lettia)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park
Barred Eagle Owl (Ketupa sumatrana)
Sighted: Rifle Range Link
Family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)
Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden
Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden, Lazarus Island, Lim Chu Kang
Grey Nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
Sighted: Mount Faber Park
Family Psittaculidae (Old World parrots)
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Jelutong Tower
Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Sighted: Changi Coast, Chestnut Nature Park, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Eco-Garden, Kallang Riverside Park, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Tampines Eco Green, Thomson Nature Park
Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
Sighted: Admiralty Park, Botanic Gardens, Jelutong Tower, Lakeside Garden, Tampines Eco Green, Thomson Nature Park
Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Bishan Park, Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Pasir Ris Park
Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens
Family Psittacidae (African and New World parrots)
Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park
Family Cacatuidae (cockatoos)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Sighted: Alexandra Park Connector, Sentosa
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea)
Sighted: Changi Coast, Labrador Nature Reserve
Tanimbar Corella (Cacatua goffiniana)
Sighted: Changi Coast, Labrador Nature Reserve, Sentosa, West Coast Park
Family Oriolidae (Old World orioles)
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Sighted: Everywhere
Family Cuculidae (cuckoos)
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus)
Sighted: Jurong Eco-Garden, Jelutong Tower, Thomson Nature Park, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
Sighted: Kranji Marshes, Lakeside Garden
Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Jelutong Tower, Lakeside Garden
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis)
Sighted: Kranji Marshes, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
Sighted: Gardens By The Bay, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park
Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)
Sighted: Changi Bay Point, Woodlands Waterfront Park
Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)
Sighted: Tuas South
Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Bukit Timah Hill, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park
Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
Sighted: Japanese Garden, Pasir Ris Park
Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Windsor Nature Park
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden, Windsor Nature Park
Large Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Coney Island, Windsor Nature Park
Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
Sighted: Kallang Riverside Park
Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Family Phasianidae (pheasants and relatives)
Blue-breasted Quail (Synoicus chinensis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Sighted: Labrador Nature Reserve
Family Columbidae (pigeons and doves)
Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)
Sighted: Everywhere
Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon (Treron fulvicollis)
Sighted: Pulau Ubin
Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Jurong Eco-Garden, Lakeside Garden, Pandan Reservoir, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park
Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower, Kent Ridge Park
Little Green Pigeon (Treron olax)
Sighted: Punggol
Jambu Fruit Dove (Ramphiculus jambu)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park
Red-collared Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
Sighted: Lim Chu Kang
Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
Sighted: Everywhere
Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
Sighted: Everywhere
Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
Sighted: Labrador Nature Reserve
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Sighted: Everywhere
Common Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica)
Sighted: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Chestnut Nature Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park
Family Passeridae (Old World sparrows)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Sighted: Everywhere
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Sighted: Telok Blangah
Family Sturnidae (starlings, mynas, oxpeckers)
Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
Sighted: Everywhere
Daurian Starling (Agropsar sturninus)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden, Pandan Reservoir
White-shouldered Starling (Sturnia sinensis)
Sighted: Lakeside Garden
Red-billed Starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
Sighted: Dempsey Hill
Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)
Sighted: Tuas South
Siamese Pied Starling (Gracupica floweri)
Sighted: Ang Mo Kio
Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Dairy Farm Nature Park, HortPark, Springleaf Nature Park, Thomson Nature Park
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay
Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)
Sighted: Telok Blangah
Family Corvidae (crows and relatives)
Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
Sighted: Telok Blangah Hill Park
House Crow (Corvus splendens)
Sighted: Everywhere
Oriental Magpie (Pica serica)
Sighted: Bedok
Family Upupidae (hoopoes)
Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
Sighted: Tanjong Katong
Family Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise)
King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius)
Sighted: Windsor Nature Park
Family Musophagidae (turacos)
Violet Turaco (Tauraco violaceus)
Sighted: Hampstead Wetlands Park
