Birds in Singapore

Posted On 18 July 2020

Last Updated on 3 September 2024

Who would have thought that roaming around our tiny tropical island of Singapore are more than 400 species of birds, not counting the birds kept in captivity in the zoo and bird park!

It is our life’s goal to encounter most, if not all, of these elusive winged-creatures and perhaps capture a shot of them in compromising poses.

Here are a few that we have been lucky enough to meet on our hiking adventures.

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

Family Zosteropidae (white-eyes)

Swinhoe’s White-eye (Zosterops simplex)

Sighted: Everywhere

Family Cisticolidae (cisticolas and allies)

Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus rifuceps)

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: Bishan Park, Coney Island, Lakeside Garden

Family Rhipiduridae (fantails)

Malaysian 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: 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

Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)

Sighted: Bishan 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

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

Black-browed Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps)

Sighted: Lim Chu Kang, Ulu Pandan Park Connector

Family Phylloscopidae (leaf warblers)

Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)

Sighted: Everywhere

Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens

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

Family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)

Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)

Sighted: Lim Chu Kang

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Sighted: Bay East Garden, 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

Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus)

Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Family Ploceidae (weavers and relatives)

Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Sighted: Lim Chu Kang, Lorong Halus, Tampines Eco Green

Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni)

Sighted: Coney Island, Lim Chu Kang, Lorong Halus

Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)

Sighted: Lorong Halus Wetland

Asian Golden Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)

Sighted: Tampines Eco Green

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

Ferruginous Flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea)

Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher (Rhinomyias brunneatus)

Sighted: Bidadari Park, 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

Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Labrador Nature Reserve, Pasir Ris Park

Blue-and-White Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens

Zappey’s Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cumatilis)

Sighted: Bidadari Park

Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane)

Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park

Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)

Sighted: Kent Ridge Park

Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)

Sighted: Pasir Ris Park, Springleaf Nature Park

Amur Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)

Sighted: Dover Walking Trail, Lim Chu Kang

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

Family Pachycephalidae (whistlers)

Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala grisola)

Sighted: Labrador Nature Reserve

Family Aegithinidae (ioras)

Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)

Sighted: Bay East Garden, Bidadari Park, Kranji Marshes, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

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, 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 – male (Picus vittatus)

Sighted: Bidadari Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Eco-Garden, Tampines Eco Green

Laced Woodpecker – female (Picus vittatus)

Sighted: Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Eco-Garden, Pasir Ris Park, 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, 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 (Dicaeum chrysorrheum)

Sighted: Bukit Timah Hill

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, 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

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

Black-headed Bulbul (Brachypodius melanocephalos)

Sighted: Jelutong Tower

Family Chloropseidae (leafbirds)

Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)

Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park

Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati)

Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Jelutong Tower

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, 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, Windsor Nature Park

Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)

Sighted: Labrador Nature Reserve, Lim Chu Kang

Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)

Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Family Meropidae (bee-eaters)

Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)

Sighted: Bishan Park, Changi Coast, Lazarus Island, Lim Chu Kang, Pulau Ubin

Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis)

Sighted: Admiralty Park, Botanic Gardens, Kent Ridge Park, Lakeside Garden, Lim Chu Kang, Mount Faber Park, Pasir Ris Park, West Coast Park

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, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park

Family Hirundinidae (swallows)

Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)

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

Family Hemiprocnidae (treeswifts)

Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis)

Sighted: Alexandra Park Connector, Botanic Gardens

Family Apodidae (swifts)

Swiftlet sp. (Aerodramus sp.)

Sighted: Everywhere

House Swift (Apus nipalensis)

Sighted: Everywhere

Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus)

Sighted: Bukit Timah Hill

Family Pittidae (pittas)

Mangrove Pitta (Pitta megarhyncha)

Sighted: Bishan Park, Lakeside Garden

Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden, Tampines

Western Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens

Family Acanthizidae (thornbills and allies)

Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea)

Sighted: Changi Bay Point, Bay East Garden

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: Botanic Gardens

Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)

Sighted: Nanyang Crescent

Family Monarchidae (monarchs, paradise flycatchers)

Amur Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay

Blyth’s Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)

Sighted: Berlayer Creek, Bidadari Park

Black Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lakeside Garden

Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens

Asian Paradise Flycatcher – white morph

Sighted: 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

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 (Macronus 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

Mourning Babbler (Pellorneum malaccense)

Sighted: MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Nee Soon Swamp

Family Rallidae (rails and relatives)

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Sighted: Admiralty Park, Alexandra Park Connector, Bay East Garden, Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Lake Gardens, Serangoon Reservoir, Tampines Eco Green

Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

Sighted: Bay East Garden, Gardens by the Bay, Lakeside Garden

Baillon’s Crake (Zapornia pusilla)

Sighted: Bay East Garden

Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay

Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca)

Sighted: Lakeside Garden

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

White-browed Crake (Poliolimnas cinereus)

Sighted: Kranji Marshes

Family Recurvirostridae (stilts and avocets)

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 (Ixobrychus sinensis)

Sighted: Bay East Garden, Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Kallang Riverside Park, Lakeside Garden

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Sighted: Gardens By The Bay, Lakeside Garden

Von Schrenck’s Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens

Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Lakeside Garden

Striated Heron (Butorides striata)

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, Kent Ridge Park

Pond Heron – non-breeding plumage (Ardeola sp.)

Sighted: Admiralty Park, Bishan Park, Botanic Gardens, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Lake Gardens, 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

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Changi Coast, Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Lake Gardens, 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 (Bubulcus coromandus)

Sighted: Bishan Park

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

Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers and relatives)

Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus)

Sighted: Pulau Ubin, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)

Sighted: Yishun Dam

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

Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago stenura)

Sighted: Labrador Nature Reserve

Family Charadriidae (plovers and lapwings)

Malaysian Plover (Charadrius peronii)

Sighted: Bay East Garden

Tibetan Sand Plover (Charadrius atrifrons)

Sighted: Bay East Garden

Kentish Plover (Charadrius mongolus)

Sighted: Bay East Garden

White-faced Plover (Charadrius dealbatus)

Sighted: Bay East Garden

Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Sighted: Changi Coast

Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius 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

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

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

Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)

Sighted: Serangoon Reservoir

Family Podicepidae (grebes)

Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

Sighted: Lorong Halus

Family Anhingidae (darters)

Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster)

Sighted: Hindhede Quarry

Family Accipitridae (hawks, eagles and kites)

Grey-headed Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus ichthyaetus)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Hindhede Quarry, Springleaf Nature Park, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park

Oriental Honey Buzzard – dark morph (Pernis ptilorhyncus)

Sighted: Everywhere

Oriental Honey Buzzard – pale morph (Pernis ptilorhyncus)

Sighted: Everywhere

Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis)

Sighted: Gardens By The Bay

Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens

Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Pasir Ris Park, West Coast 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

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Sighted: Changi Coast, Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Kranji Marshes, Labrador Nature Reserve, Sentosa, Upper Seletar Reservoir Park

Changeable Hawk-eagle – pale morph (Spizaetus cirrhatus)

Sighted: Changi Coast, Kranji Marshes

Changeable Hawk-eagle – dark morph (Spizaetus cirrhatus)

Sighted: Choa Chu Kang Park, Bukit Batok Nature 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

Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes)

Sighted: 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: Tuas South

Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis)

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

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 Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)

Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Bukit Timah Hill

Oriental Scops Owl – rufous morph (Otus sunia)

Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park

Sunda Scops Owl (Otus lempiji)

Sighted: Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park

Barred Eagle Owl (Bubo sumatranus)

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

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, Lakeside Garden

Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis)

Sighted: 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 (Chrysococcyx basalis)

Sighted: Tuas South

Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)

Sighted: Bidadari Park, Lakeside Garden, Pasir Ris Park

Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)

Sighted: 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 – male (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Sighted: Alexandra Park Connector, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Gardens By The Bay, West Coast Park

Asian Koel – female (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Sighted: Admiralty Park, Bay East Garden, Bishan Park, Jurong Eco-Garden

Family Phasianidae (pheasants and relatives)

Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Sighted: Labrador Nature Reserve

Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Kent Ridge Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Pasir Ris Park

Family Columbidae (pigeons and doves)

Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans)

Sighted: Everywhere

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 (Ptilinopus jambu)

Sighted: 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

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 Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise)

King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius)

Sighted: Windsor Nature Park

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