Hi all,
Raja and I just returned from a 4-day trip to Singapore:
Arrival Thursday night Friday: all day business Saturday: some birding Sunday: all day wedding of friends Monday: some birding and then departure to Sydney
Although it wasn’t the season for birding Singapore and although we never got to bird in the early morning or late afternoon, we still managed to see a few things:
Striated Heron Butorides striata White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus Rock Dove Columba livia Spotted-necked Dove Streptopelia chinensis Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus – only fly-by Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda – only fly-by (we never got to see them well enough to be optically rule out other Psittacula spec. 100%, calls ruled out most escapee options)
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris Common Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus – only calling Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Rhopodytes sumatranus Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus – this and/or similar species Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris – in the city!
Banded Woodpecker Picus miniaceus
Common Flame-backed Woodpecker Dinopium javanense Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea – only singing Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Pied Triller Lalage nigra Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica House Crow Corvus splendens Large-billed Crow/Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex Short-tailed Babbler Malacocincla malaccensis Chestnut-winged Babbler Stachyris erythroptera Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Javan Acridotheres javanicus Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis Purple-throated Sunbird Leptocoma sperata Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis
Clouded Monitor Varanus [bengalensis] nebulosus Many-lined Sun Skink Mabuya multifasciata Black-bearded Flying Dragon Paradise Tree Snake Chrysopelea paradisi Red-eared Slider Cheers,
Nikolas
Hi Tun Pin et al.
Sorry for my lazy report. We only visited the area around the tree top walk in the Central Catchment near MacRitchie reservoir (we did not make it to Sungei Buloh or Pulau Ubin due to time constraints). The Blue-eared Kingfisher flew along the creek crossed by the one-way board walk after the tree top walk. The first Short-tailed Babbler was loosely associated with Striped Tit-Babblers near the Ranger Station, the second Short-tailed Babbler was near the Blue-eared Kingfisher creek. We did not get any local help, but Andrew Holmes (Sydney), Dan Mantle (Canberra) and Exley Steward (Hongkong) gave us some very useful tips. Unfortunately, we didn’t have much time for birding as you can see from the busy itinerary…
Do you have an idea about the situation of all the introduced bird species (especially the Psittacula species)?
Cheers,
Nikolas