Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

has 375 species of bird

Bird

Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...

s on the checklist. In addition to these are some ornamental birds, escapees and free-ranging birds from the Singapore Zoo

Singapore Zoo

The Singapore Zoo , formerly known as the Singapore Zoological Gardens and commonly known locally as the Mandai Zoo, occupies 28 hectares of land on the margins of Upper Seletar Reservoir within Singapore's heavily forested central catchment area. The zoo was built at a cost of S$9m granted by...

 or Jurong Bird Park, making a total of about 400 bird species.

List of birds

Abundance

VC = Very Common	C = Common	U = Uncommon
R = Rare	VR = Very Rare	Ex = Extinct

Status

I = Introduced	rI = Reintroduced	Es = Escapee
O = Ornamental	F = Free-ranging	RB = Resident Breeder
R = Resident	WV = Winter Visitor	PM = Passage Migrant
MB = Migrant Breeder	V = Vagrant	NBV = Non-breeding Visitor

Birding spots

BB = Bukit Batok	BC = Bukit Brown Cemetery	BG = Botanic Gardens
BT = Bukit Timah	BW = Bidadari/Woodleigh	CF = Central Forests
CR = Changi Reclaimed Land	FC = Fort Canning	JL = Jurong Lake
JS = Johor Strait	KB = Khatib Bongsu	KD = Kranji Dam/Reservoir
KM = Kranji Marsh	KR = Kent Ridge Park	LH = Lorong Halus
ME = Marina East	MF = Mt Faber	MM = Mandai Mudflat
MS = Marina South	NT = Neo Tiew Lane	PB = Pedra Blanca
PG = Punggol Grassland	PH = Pulau Hantu	PP = Pulau Punggol
PR = Pasir Ris	PS = Pulau Semakau	PT = Pulau Tekong
PU = Pulau Ubin	PY = Poyan	SB = Sungei Buloh
SE = Serangoon Estuary	SG = Simpang Grassland	SJ = St John's Island
SL = Seletar	SP = Sembawang Park	SS = Singapore Strait
ST = Sentosa	TB = Telok Blangah Hill	TG = Tuas Grassland
TP = Tampines	WC = West Coast

Order Galliformes

Galliformes

Galliformes are an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding domestic or game bird, containing turkey, grouse, chicken, New and Old World Quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, and the Cracidae. Common names are gamefowl or gamebirds, landfowl, gallinaceous birds or galliforms...

 (Fowls)

Family Phasianidae

Phasianidae

The Phasianidae is a family of birds which consists of the pheasants and partridges, including the junglefowl , Old World Quail, francolins, monals and peafowl. The family is a large one, and is occasionally broken up into two subfamilies, the Phasianinae, and the Perdicinae...

 (Pheasants and relatives)

• Blue-breasted Quail (Coturnix chinensis) - U/RB - CR, LH, NT, PG, PP, SB, TG
• Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) - U/RB+IRB - RB: PU. IRB: Northern and Western Singapore
• Black Wood Partridge (Melanoperdix nigra) - Ex/RB
• Crestless Fireback (Lophura erythropthalma) - Ex/RB
• Malaysian Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) - Ex/RB
• Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) - Ex/RB

Order Anseriformes

Anseriformes

The order Anseriformes contains about 150 living species of birds in three extant families: the Anhimidae , Anseranatidae , and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.All species in the order are highly adapted for an aquatic existence at...

 (Waterfowls)

Family Anatidae

Anatidae

Anatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...

 (Ducks, geese and swans)

• Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) - U/O - BG
• Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) - U/O - BG
• Domestic Goose (Anser anser) - U/O - BG
• Cotton Pygmy Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) - VR/NBV, Ex/R - NBV: KM. R: LH, PY
• Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) - C/RB - BG, KM, LH, MS, SB, SE, SL, WC
• Wandering Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) - U/IRB - BG, MS
• Gadwall (Anas strepera) - VR/V
• Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) - R/WV - CR, LH, SB
• Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope) - VR/V
• Garganey (Anas querquedula) - R/WV - CR, LH
• Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) - VR/WV - PY
• Common Teal (Anas crecca) - VR/V
• Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) - VR/V - CR
• Radjah Shelduck (Tadorna radjah) - U/O - BG
• Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) - U/O - BG

Order Podicipediformes

Grebe

A grebe is a member of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter...

 (Grebes)

Family Podicepidae

Grebe

A grebe is a member of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter...

• Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) - U/RB - LH, KR, NT, Singapore Quarry, TP

Order Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes

Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, storm petrels, and diving petrels...

 (Tubenoses)

Family Hydrobatidae (Storm-petrels)

• Swinhoe's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis) - U/PM - PU, SS
• Wilson's Storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) - VR/V - SS

Family Procellariidae

Procellariidae

The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...

 (Shearwaters)

• Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus) - VR/V - CR, SS
• Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris) - VR/V - SS, Woodlands
• Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) - VR/V - Singapore Harbour

Order Pelecaniformes

Pelecaniformes

The Pelecaniformes is a order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as totipalmates or steganopodes...

 (Pelicans and relatives)

Family Pelecanidae (Pelicans)

• Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) - VR/F - JL
• Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) - VR/F - Admiralty Park, Pioneer Circle, JL

Family Sulidae

Sulidae

The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...

 (Gannets and boobies)

• Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) - VR/V

Family Fregatidae (Frigatebirds)

• Christmas Island Frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi) - VR/V - PU, SB
• Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) - VR/V

Family Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants and shags)

• Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) - U/F - CR, KD, MM, TG

Family Anhingidae (Darters)

• Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) - VR/F - NT

Order Ciconiiformes

Ciconiiformes

Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene...

 (Herons and relatives)

Family Ciconiidae (Storks)

• Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) - U/F - Admiralty Park, JL, SB
• Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) - U/F - Admiralty Park, JL, SB
• Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) - Ex/RB, VR/Es+V - SB, SE, SG

Family Ardeidae (Herons, egrets and bitterns)

• Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) - C/RB - Waterbodies
• Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) - C/RB - Grassfields, Waterbodies
• Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana) - R/RB - JL, KR, PU, SB, Southern Islands, TG
• Great Egret (Ardea alba) - C/WV - Waterbodies
• Intermediate Egret (Mesophoyx intermedia) - C/WV - Grassfields, Waterbodies
• Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - VC/RWV - Waterbodies
• Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes) - R/WV - CR, LH, PR, PU, SB, SE, SL
• Pacific Reef Egret (Egretta sacra) - U/R - CR, PH, PU, SE, Siglap Canal, Sungei Punggol
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) - VC/F+WV - Grassfields
• Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus) - C/WV - CR, JL, LH, MS
• Javan Pond Heron (Ardeola speciosa) - R/WV - LH, SB, SE
• Striated Heron (Butorides striatus) - VC/RBWV - Waterbodies
• Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - C/RB - Waterbodies
• Malayan Night Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus) - R/WVPM - BW, CF, JL, BG
• Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus) - U/RBWV - BW, JL, LH, NT, SB, TG
• Schrenck's Bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus) - R/WV - CR, JL, LH, Sengkang, SB, TG
• Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) - U/WVPM - BG, CF, Hindhede Quarry, JL, LH, SB
• Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis) - C/WV - Reedbeds
• Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) - VR/V

Family Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae

The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...

 (Ibises and Spoonbills)

• Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) - VR/V - SB, SE
• Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) - VR/F - PY, SB

Order Falconiformes

Falconiformes

The order Falconiformes is a group of about 290 species of birds that comprises the diurnal birds of prey. Raptor classification is difficult and the order is treated in several ways.- Classification problems :...

 (Birds of prey)

Family Pandionidae (Osprey)

• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - C/NBV - Islandwide near water

Family Accipitridae

Accipitridae

The Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...

 (Eagles, hawks and relatives)

• Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes) - C/WVPM - Islandwide
• Jerdon's Baza (Aviceda jerdoni) - R/WVPM - BT, BW, CF, CR, JL, LH, Maju Camp, MS, PR, PY
• Oriental Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhyncus) - C/WVPM, R/NBV - WVPM: Islandwide. NBV: Toa Payoh, PY
• Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) - VR/NBV - CF, PU
• Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Black Kite (Milvus migrans) - U/WV - BB, CR, MS, PG, PP, SB, SL
• Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) - C/RB - Islandwide
• Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) - C/WVPM - Islandwide
• Chinese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis) - U/WVPM - BG, CF, JL, NT, PP, PU, SB, SL, WC
• Crested Goshawk (Accipiter trivirgatus) - R/RB+NBV - Ang Mo Kio, BG, BT, CF, CR, JL, KD, KR, MF, NT, PG, PU, SP, TB
• Besra (Accipiter virgatus) - VR/PM
• Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus) - U/WV - BB, CR, TG
• Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) - U/WV - BW, CR, KR, Payar Lebar, ST
• Blyth's Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus alboniger) - VR/NBV - KR, SG
• Changeable Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus) - C/RB - Forested areas
• Rufous-bellied Eagle (Hieraaetus kienerii) - R/WVPM - BB, BG, CF, LH, SB
• Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) - R/WV - BW, Bukit Panjang, CF, CR, KR, PG, PP, PY
• Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) - VR/WV - BG, CR, LH, Murai, PY, SB
• Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) - VR/V
• Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) - VR/V - CR
• White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) - C/RB - Islandwide near water
• Grey-headed Fish Eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus) - U/RB - BB, BG, CF, Changi Village, JL, NT, PY, SB, SL
• Himalayan Griffon Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) - VR/V - Ang Mo Kio, BT, CR, JS, Orchard Road, SB, SG
• Short-toed Snake Eagle (Circaetus gallicus) - VR/PM - JL, NT, SB, TG
• Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) - R/R - BG, BT, CF, JL, SB, SL, SP
• Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) - VR/WV - Jurong, Paya Lebar, PY
• Pied Harrier (Circus melanoleucos) - R/WV - CR, TG
• Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus) - U/WV - CR, PY, SB, SE, TG

Family Falconidae

Falconidae

The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...

 (Falcons and relatives)

• Black-thighed Falconet (Microhierax fringillarius) - VR/R - BB, JL
• Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) - R/WV - CR, KD
• Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni) - VR/WV - CR
• Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis) - VR/V - CR
• Oriental Hobby (Falco severus) - VR/WV - PU
• Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) - VR/WV - CR, SB
• Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) - U/WV - BB, CF, CR, City, JL, KB, KD, KR, NT, PP, PU, Punggol Park, SB, SJ, Woodlands

Order Turniciformes (Buttonquails)

Family Turnicidae (Buttonquails)

• Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator) - C/RB - CR, LH, NT, PG, PP, PU, TG, TP

Order Gruiformes

Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like"....

 (Cranes and relatives)

Family Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae

The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a Sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.-Description:Finfoots resemble...

 (Finfoots)

• Masked Finfoot (Heliopais personata) - VR/V - NT, SB (1999), Upper Seletar

Family Gruidae (Cranes)

• East African Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum gibbericeps) - VR/F - SL

Family Rallidae

Rallidae

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...

 (Rails and relatives)

• White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) - VC/RBWV - Islandwide
• Common Coot (Fulica atra) - VR/V - PY
• Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea) - U/WV - CR, Jurong East, KB, KM, LH, MS, PY, SB, TG
• Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) - U/RB - LH, KM, MS, PY, SE, WC
• Slaty-breasted Rail (Gallirallus striatus) - C/RB - Tall grass areas
• Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) - R/RB - KM, LH, PY, SB, TP
• White-browed Crake (Porzana cinerea) - U/RB - LH, KM, PG, SB
• Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca) - U/RBWV - CR, LH, KM, MS, PG, PP, SL, TG, TP
• Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) - R/WVPM - BB, LH, TP, TG
• Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides) - VR/WVPM - CF, Admiralty Park
• Red-legged Crake (Rallina fasciata) - U/RBWV - BB, BC, BG, BT, CF, PU, SB

Order Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes

Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic , some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick...

 (Shorebirds)

Family Charadriidae

Charadriidae

The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...

 (Plovers and lapwings)

• Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) - U/WVPM - CR, KB, Marina Barrage
• Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) - C/WVPM - Open areas, rivers, coasts
• Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) - VR/PM - CR, SB
• Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) - U/WVPM - CR, SB
• Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) - C/WVPM - Rivers, coasts, mudflats
• Malaysian Plover (Charadrius peronii) - R/RB - CR, LH, PS
• Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus) - VR/PM - CR
• Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) - VC/WVPM - Rivers, coasts, mudflats, open areas
• Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) - U/WVPM - CR, PU, SB
• Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) - VR/V - SB
• Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus) - U/RB - BB, CR, Kranji grassland, NT, PG, PP, PT, PU, SB, Sarimbun, TG

Family Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae

The sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...

 (Sandpipers and relatives)

• Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) - VR/WV
• Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) - C/WV - CR, JL, KB, LH, PG, PY, SB, TG, Venus Drive Carpark
• Swinhoe's Snipe (Gallinago megala) - R/WV - CR, PG, NT
• Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura) - C/WV - CR, Kranji grassland, LH, PG, PU, SB, TG
• Asian Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus) - U/WVPM - CR, LH, PU, SB
• Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) - U/WVPM - CR, MM, PU, SB
• Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) - U/WVPM - CR, MM, SB
• Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata) - U/WVPM - CR, PU, SB
• Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) - R/PM - CR, SB
• Little Curlew (Numenius minutus) - VR/V
• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) - C/WVPM - Rivers, coasts, mudflats
• Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris) - U/PM - CR, SB
• Red Knot (Calidris canutus) - R/WV - SB
• Sanderling (Calidris alba) - U/WV - CR
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina) - VR/PM - CR
• Rufous-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) - C/WVPM - CR, MM, PU, SB
• Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta) - R/WVPM - CR
• Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) - VR/PM
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) - R/V - CR
• Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) - C/WVPM - CR, MM, SB
• Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) - R/V - CR, Tanah Merah marsh (1999)
• Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) - VR/WV - CR, LH, Jurong, WC
• Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus) - U/WVPM - CR, MM, SB
• Terek Sandpiper (Tringa cinerea) - U/WVPM - CR, MM, SB
• Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) - C/WVPM - CR, LH, PG, SB, TG
• Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos) - VC/WVPM - Waterbodies
• Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) - VR/WV
• Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) - C/WVPM - Rivers, coasts, mudflats
• Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) - C/WVPM - Rivers, coasts, mudflats
• Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) - VR/WV - SB
• Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) - C/WVPM - Rivers, coasts, mudflats
• Nordmann's Greenshank (Tringa guttifer) - VR/WV - CR, LH, Jurong, SB, WC
• Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes) - R/WVPM - CR, SB
• Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) - U/WV - CR, LH, MM, SB
• Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) - VR/WV - CR, SB
• Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) - VR/WV - SS

Family Rostratulidae (Painted snipes)

• Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) - R/RB - PG, KM, LH, TG

Family Jacanidae (Jacanas)

• Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus) - VR/WV - KM, JL, SB

Family Burhinidae (Thickknees)

• Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus giganteus) - VR/R - Southern Islands

Family Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...

 (Stilts and avocets)

• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) - R/WVPM - CR, SB

Family Glareolidae

Glareolidae

Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers. The coursers include the atypical Egyptian Plover, Pluvianus aegyptius, which has sometimes been placed in its own family...

 (Pratincoles and Coursers)

• Small Pratincole (Glareola lactea) - VR/PM
• Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum) - U/PM - CF, CR, KM, PG, PS, SE, TG

Family Stercorariidae (Skuas and jaegers)

• Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) - VR/V - SS
• Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) - VR/V - SS
• Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) - VR/V - SS

Family Laridae (Gulls and terns)

• Brown-headed Gull (Larus brunnicephalus) - VR/WV - CR
• Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) - R/WV - MM, PU
• White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) - C/WVPM - Rivers, coasts, SS
• Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus) - R/WVPM - JL
• Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) - C/RBWV - Rivers, coasts, SS
• Aleutian Tern (Sterna aleutica) - VR/V - CR, SS
• Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus) - U/RB - CR, PB, SS
• Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis) - C/WV - CR, JS, MM, PB, PU, SS
• Great Crested Tern (Sterna bergii) - C/WV - CR, JS, MM, PB, PU, SS
• Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia) - R/WV - MM
• Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) - VR/V
• Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - U/WV - CR, MM, SS
• Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica) - R/WVPM - CR, MM, PU
• Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) - U/RB - CR, JS, PB, PU, PT, SS

Order Columbiformes

Columbiformes

Columbiformes are an avian order that includes the very widespread and successful doves and pigeons, classified in the family Columbidae, and the extinct Dodo and the Rodrigues Solitaire, long classified as a second family Raphidae. 313 species, found worldwide, comprise the Columbiformes order....

 (Pigeons)

Family Columbidae (Pigeons)

• Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata) - C/RB - Urban
• Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) - VC/RB - Urban
• Red Collared Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica) - U/IRB - CR, LH, NT, PR, PU
• Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) - U/RB - BB, BT, CF, PU, SB
• Jambu Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus jambu) - U/NBV - BB, BG, CF, CR, KR, JL, MF, PP
• Thick-billed Green Pigeon (Treron curvirostra) - U/RB - BC, BT, CF, MS, SJ, ST
• Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon (Treron fulvicollis) - VR/NBV - PU, SB
• Little Green Pigeon (Treron olax) - VR/R - BT, CF
• Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) - VC/IRB - Urban areas
• Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) - R/NBV+F - BB, JL, Labrador Park, PY, Southern Islands
• Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea) - Ex/RB, VR/V - BB, PU, PT

Order Psittaciformes (Parrots)

Family Cacatuidae (Cockatoos)

• Tanimbar Cockatoo (Cacatua goffiniana) - C/EsRB - BB, BG, Changi Village, MF, SL, ST
• Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) - U/EsRB - BG, Changi Village, Clementi, Dover Road, KR, MF, SJ, ST, TB
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) - R/Es - MF, ST
• Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) - R/Es - ST
• Salmon-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) - R/Es - SP
• Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus) - R/Es - CF

Family Psittacidae (Parrots)

• African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) - R/Es - Dempsey Road
• Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus) - VR/Es - Pasir Panjang
• Blue-rumped Parrot (Psittinus cyanurus) - R/R - CF
• Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) - U/RB - BB, BG, BT, CF, KR, MF
• Vernal Hanging Parrot (Loriculus vernalis) - R/Es - BG
• Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) - C/EsRB - Tall tree areas
• Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) - U/EsRB - BG, KB, PU, PY, SG, SL, SP
• Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) - C/RB - Tall tree areas
• Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula roseata) - R/Es - PY
• Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) - R/Es - CR
• Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) - U/EsRB - BG, JL
• Red Lory (Eos bornea) - R/Es - BG
• Dusky Lory (Pseudeos fuscata) - R/Es - BG
• Blue-eared Lory (Eos semilarvata) - R/Es - BG
• Peach-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis) - VR/Es - CF, Pasir Panjang

Order Cuculiformes

Cuculiformes

The near passerine bird order Cuculiformes traditionally included three families as below:* Musophagidae - turacos and allies* Cuculidae - cuckoos, coucals, roadrunners and anis* Opisthocomidae - Hoatzin...

 (Cuckoos and relatives)

Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

• Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) - U/RB - BB, BT, BW, CF, CR, JL, LH, NT, PG, PU, PY, SB, TP, TG
• Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis) - U/RB - BG, BT, BW, CF, KB, LH, NT, PY, PT, PU, SB, ST
• Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonnerati) - U/RB - BB, BT, CF, KM, LH, NT, PU, SL
• Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) - VR/WV - Changi Beach, Kranji, ME, MS, PT, ST, TG
• Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) - U/RBWV - BB, BT, CF, PR, PU, PY, SG, SL
• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) - U/WVPM - BG, BW, CF, CR, JL, KB, LH, Murai, PY, SB, SG
• Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus nisicolor) - U/WVPM - BT, BW, CF, CR, JL, Kusu Island, PP, PR, PY
• Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus fugax) - R/NBV - SB
• Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) - C/WVPM - BG, BT, BW, CF, CR, JL, MF, PY, SB
• Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) - R/PM - BW, Coney Island, JL
• Large Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides) - R/WVPM - BW, CF, CR, KB, PP, PR
• Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) - VC/RB - Islandwide (including offshore islands)
• Asian Drongo Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) - U/RBWV - BB, BT, BW, CF, JL, NT, PR, PY, SB
• Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) - R/RB - BT, CF, PY, TB
• Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) - Ex/RB
• Raffles' Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus) - Ex/RB
• Red-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus javanicus) - Ex/RB
• Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) - U/RB - Wooded areas

Order Strigiformes (Owls)

Family Tytonidae

Tytonidae

Barn-owls are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls, Strigidae. They are medium to large sized owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long, strong legs with powerful talons...

 (Barn and Bay owls)

• Barn Owl (Tyto alba) - U/RB - Under bridges, CR, JL, KD, ST, Toa Payoh, Marina Barrage
• Bay Owl (Phodilus badius) - Ex/RB

Family Strigidae (Typical owls)

• Barred Eagle Owl (Bubo sumatranus) - Ex/RB, VR/NBV - CF, PU
• Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - VR/WVPM - CR
• Buffy Fish Owl (Ketupa ketupu) - R/RB - CF, PY, PU, SB, ST
• Brown Hawk Owl (Ninox scutulata) - C/RBWV - BT, CF, PU, ST, Venus Drive
• Sunda Scops Owl (Otus lempiji) - C/RB - Alexandra Hill, BB, BC, BT, CF, PU, SB, ST
• Oriental Scops Owl (Otus sunia) - VR/WVPM - BT, CF, FC, KR, MF, SB, SP
• Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica) - R/RB - CF, PU
• Spotted Wood Owl (Strix seloputo) - U/RB - BG, Chinatown, City, Dover Road, JL, PR, PU, PY, SJ, ST, TB, Toa Payoh

Order Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgiformes

The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution . They are generally insectivorous and nocturnal...

 (Nightjars and relatives)

Family Podargidae (Frogmouths)

• Gould's Frogmouth (Batrachostomus stellatus) - Ex/RB

Family Caprimulgidae (Nightjars)

• Savanna Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Grey Nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) - R/WVPM - BW, CF, CR, JL
• Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Malaysian Eared Nightjar (Eurostopodus temminckii) - R/R - CF

Order Apodiformes

Apodiformes

Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts , the tree swifts , and the hummingbirds . In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, this order is raised to a superorder Apodimorphae in which hummingbirds are separated as a new order, Trochiliformes...

 (Swifts)

Family Apodidae (True swifts)

• House Swift (Apus nipalensis) - C/RB - Islandwide including urban areas, forests
• Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) - U/WVPM - BT, CF, PU
• Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis) - U/RB - BT, CF, KR, PU, PY, SP
• Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta) - R/R - BB, BT, CF
• Germain's Swiftlet (Collocalia germani) - C/RB - Islandwide
• Black-nest Swiftlet (Collocalia maxima) - C/RB - Islandwide
• Himalayan Swiftlet (Collocalia brevirostris) - U/WVPM
• Silver-backed Needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) - U/WVPM - BT, CF
• Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus) - U/WVPM - BT, CF
• White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus) - VR/PM - BT
• Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis) - VR/NBV - CF, PY

Family Hemiprocnidae (Treeswifts)

• Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) - VR/NBV - BT, CF
• Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) - C/RB - BB, BC, BG, CF, KR, TB

Order Coraciiformes

Coraciiformes

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful near passerine birds including the kingfishers, the Hoopoe, the bee-eaters, the rollers, and the hornbills...

 (Kingfishers and relatives)

Family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

• Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - C/WV - Water edges
• Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) - R/RB - CF, PU, PY, SB, BB
• Black-backed Kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus) - Ex/RB, R/WV - BT, CF, SB, Tuas
• Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) - Ex/RB
• Rufous-collared Kingfisher (Actenoides concretus) - Ex/RB
• Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) - R/RB+WV - RB: PT. WV: BG, CF, City, FC, JL, PU, SB, Venus Drive
• Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) - U/WV - Water edges
• White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) - VC/RB - Water edges
• Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) - U/RB - Water edges
• Collared Kingfisher (Todirhamphus chloris) - VC/RB - Water edges

Family Meropidae (Bee-eaters)

• Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) - C/WV - Islandwide (including offshore islands)
• Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) - C/MB - Islandwide (including offshore islands)

Family Phoeniculidae (Wood-hoopoes)

• Green Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) - VR/F - Pioneer Circus

Family Coraciidae (Rollers)

• Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) - C/RBWV - Wooded areas

Family Bucerotidae (Hornbills)

• Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) - U/RB - BW, CF, Changi Beach, PU, SJ
• Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) - Ex/RB, VR/Es - BT
• Great Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) - VR/Es - BT, MF, ST
• Helmeted Hornbill (Rhinoplax vigil) - Ex/RB
• White-crowned Hornbill (Aceros comatus) - VR/Es
• Bushy-crested Hornbill (Anorrhinus galeritus) - VR/Es - Ulu Pandan
• Black Hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus) - VR/Es
• Narcondam Hornbill (Aceros narcondami) - VR/Es - BW
• Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) - VR/Es

Order Trogoniformes (Trogons)

Family Trogonidae (Trogons)

• Red-naped Trogon (Harpactes kasumba) - Ex/RB
• Diard's Trogon (Harpactes diardii) - Ex/RB

Order Piciformes

Piciformes

Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives...

 (Woodpeckers and relatives)

Family Picidae

Picidae

The woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...

 (Woodpeckers)

• Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopus moluccensis) - VC/RB - Parks
• Common Goldenback (Dinopium javanense) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Olive-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii) - Ex/RB
• Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) - Ex/RB
• Buff-necked Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tukki) - Ex/RB
• Grey-and-buff Woodpecker (Hemicircus concretus) - Ex/RB
• Banded Woodpecker (Picus miniaceus) - C/RB - Forests
• Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus) - Ex/RB, VR/NBV - BT
• Checker-throated Woodpecker (Picus mentalis) - Ex/RB
• Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus) - C/RB - Forests
• Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus) - Ex/RB, VR/NBV
• White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) - VR/R - CF
• Rufous Woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus) - U/RB - Wooded areas
• Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) - Ex/RB
• Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) - Ex/RB
• Maroon Woodpecker (Blythipicus rubiginosus) - Ex/RB

Family Megalaimidae

Megalaimidae

A family of birds comprising the Asian barbets, the Megalaimidae were once united with all other barbets in the Capitonidae but they have turned out to be distinct...

 (Barbets)

• Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) - U/IRB - BB, BT, JL, KR, PY
• Red-crowned Barbet (Megalaima rafflesii) - U/RB - BB, BT, CF, PY
• Blue-eared Barbet (Megalaima australis) - Ex/RB
• Red-throated Barbet (Megalaima mystacophanos) - Ex/RB
• Yellow-crowned Barbet (Megalaima henricii) - Ex/RB
• Brown Barbet (Caloramphus fuliginosus) - Ex/RB
• Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus) - VR/Es

Family Pittidae (Pittas)

• Mangrove Pitta (Pitta megarhyncha) - R/RB - PU, PT, SB, Jurong
• Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) - U/WVPM - BB, BG, BT, CF, Jurong Island, Kranji Nature Trail, PY, SP, WC
• Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida) - U/WVPM - BG, BT, BW, CF, JL, WC
• Garnet Pitta (Pitta granatina) - Ex/RB

Family Eurylaimidae (Broadbills)

• Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) - Ex/RB, VR/NBV - PU
• Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) - Ex/RB
• Banded Broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus) - Ex/RB
• Green Broadbill (Calyptomena viridis) - Ex/RB
• Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) - Ex/RB

Family Acanthizidae

Acanthizidae

The Acanthizidae, also known as the Australasian warblers, are a family of passerine birds which include gerygones, thornbills, and scrubwrens. The Acanthizidae consists of small to medium passerine birds, with a total length varying between 8 and 19 cm. They have short rounded wings, slender...

 (Gerygones and relatives)

• Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) - C/RB - Wooded areas

Family Pachycephalidae

Pachycephalidae

The family Pachycephalidae, collectively the whistlers, includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and Crested Bellbird, and is part of the ancient Australo-Papuan radiation of songbirds. Its members range from small to medium in size, and occupy most of Australasia...

 (Whistlers and relatives)

• Mangrove Whistler (Pachycephala grisola) - U/RB - CR, LH, PH, PS, PU, SB

Family Dicruridae (Monarchs, paradise flycatchers, drongos and relatives)

• Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea) - VR/R - PU
• Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata) - VR/PM - BW, Bishan, CF, PH
• Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) - Ex/RB, C/WVPM - Forested areas
• Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectans) - U/WVPM - BG, BW, CF, MF, NT, PU, SB, SJ
• Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus) - R/WV - BB, CF, PS
• Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) - U/WVPM - CR, PG, PY, SB, SL, TG
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) - C/RB - Forested areas
• Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus) - Ex/RB

Family Prionopidae (Helmetshrikes and relatives)

• Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis gularis) - Ex/RB
• Maroon-breasted Philentoma (Philentoma velatum) - Ex/RB
• Rufous-winged Philentoma (Philentoma pyrhopterum) - Ex/RB

Family Campephagidae (Cuckoo-shrikes, trillers, minivets and relatives)

• Lesser Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina fimbriata) - VR/R - BT
• Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina striata) - Ex/RB
• Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) - C/WVPM - Wooded areas
• Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus flammeus) - VR/R - BT
• Fiery Minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) - Ex/RB

Family Oriolidae (Old World orioles)

• Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) - VC/RB - Parks, wooded areas
• Dark-throated Oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus) - Ex/RB

Family Corvidae

Corvidae

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...

 (Crows and relatives)

• House Crow (Corvus splendens) - VC/IRB - Urban
• Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) - C/RB - Forests
• Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus) - Ex/RB
• Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis) - VR/Es - BB
• Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) - VR/Es - MF, SB, KR

Family Irenidae (Fairy bluebirds)

• Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella) - C/RB - BT, CF

Family Chloropseidae (Leafbirds)

• Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) - C/RB - BT, CF
• Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati) - U/RB - BT, CF
• Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) - U/RB - BT, CF

Family Laniidae (Shrikes)

• Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus) - C/WVPM - Grasslands, secondary growth
• Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus) - C/WVPM - Secondary forests

Family Aegithinidae (Ioras)

• Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) - C/RB - Wooded areas
• Green Iora (Aegithina viridissima) - Ex/RB

Family Turdidae (Thrushes)

• Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus) - R/WVPM - BT, BW, CF, PU, TB
• Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina) - R/WV - BG, BT, BW, CF, WC
• Siberian Thrush (Zoothera sibirica) - VR/PM - BT, CF, KR, JL
• White-throated Rock Thrush (Monticola gularis) - VR/WVPM - BT
• Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius) - VR/PM - BT, Tanjong Pagar

Family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)

• Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher (Rhinomyias brunneatus) - R/WVPM - BB, BW, CF, SB
• Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica) - C/WVPM - Wooded areas
• Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica) - U/WVPM - BB, BG, BW, CF, NT, BG
• Ferruginous Flycatcher (Muscicapa ferruginea) - R/WVPM - BG, CF, JL
• Grey-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta) - VR/PM
• Brown-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa williamsoni) - R/WVPM - BB, BW, CF, JL, MF
• Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki) - U/PM - BB, BT, BW, CF, KR, MF, JL
• Chinese Flycatcher (Ficedula elisae) - R/WVPM - Bishan Park, CF, KB, KR, MS
• Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) - VR/V - Sengkang
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) - C/PM - BW
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) - R/PM - BB, BG, BT, BW, CF, JL, KR
• Chinese Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis glaucicomans) - VR/PM - SB
• Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra) - VR/RB - PT, PU, SB
• Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane) - U/WVPM - BT, CF, PU, SB
• Oriental Magpie Robin (Copsychus saularis) - U/RB - Secondary growths
• White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) - R/RB - BB, BT, CF, MF, PU, SB
• Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maura) - R/WVPM - CR, Kranji grassland, MS, PG, PY, TG

Family Sturnidae (Starlings, mynas, oxpeckers)

• Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) - VC/RB - Islandwide
• Purple-backed Starling (Sturnus sturninus) - VC/WVPM - Wooded areas
• Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Sturnus philippensis) - VR/PM
• White-shouldered Starling (Sturnus sinensis) - U/WVPM - CR, KR, LH, PG
• Black-winged Starling (Sturnus melanopterus) - VR/FRB - Jurong, SJ (1983)
• Rosy Starling (Sturnus roseus) - VR/WV - CR, Jurong Island, TG (1990s)
• Black-collared Starling (Sturnus nigricollis) - VR/Es - CR, KD, SB
• Brahminy Starling (Sturnus pagodarum) - VR/Es - MS
• Asian Pied Starling (Sturnus contra) - VR/Es - CR, NT
• Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio) - R/Es - JL
• Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) - VR/IRB
• Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus) - VC/IRB - Islandwide (including offshore islands)
• Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) - C/RB - Islandwide (including offshore islands)
• Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa) - C/RB - BB, BG, BT, CF, MF, PU, PY, SL

Family Hirundinidae (Swallows)

• Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica) - U/WVPM - BT, CF, CR, PG, PY, SL, TG
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - VC/WVPM - Islandwide (including offshore islands)
• Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) - C/RB - Islandwide (including offshore islands)
• Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) - U/WVPM - BT, CF, CR, KM, NT, SL
• Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus) - R/PM - BT, CR

Family Pycnonotidae

Bulbul

Bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds. Many forest species are known as greenbuls. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropical Asia to Indonesia, and north as far as Japan. A few insular species occur on the tropical islands...

 (Bulbuls)

• Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps) - R/RB - CF, PU
• Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster) - U/IRB - CR, LH, PG, PR, SE, TP
• Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus) - R/RB - BB, BT, CF
• Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) - VC/RB - Parks
• Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) - U/IRB - CR, JL, LH, PU, PY
• Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanicterus) - R/IR - BT
• Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) - C/RB - BG, BT, CF, SB, PU
• Cream-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus simplex) - U/RB - BT, CF
• Straw-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus zeylanicus) - U/RB - Secondary forests
• Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus) - VR/Es - BG
• Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythropthalmos) - VR/NBV - BT (2006)
• Grey-bellied Bulbul (Pycnonotus cyaniventris) - Ex/RB
• Puff-backed Bulbul (Pycnonotus eutilotus) - Ex/RB
• Black-and-white Bulbul (Pycnonotus melanoleucus) - Ex/RB
• Yellow-bellied Bulbul (Alophoixus phaeocephalus) - Ex/RB
• Ashy Bulbul (Hemixos flavala) - U/NBV - BB, BT, CF, KR, MS, PU, SB
• Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole olivacea) - VR/RB - BT
• Streaked Bulbul (Ixos malaccensis) - R/NBV - BB, BT, Changi Village, SB

Family Sylviidae

Sylviidae

Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that was part of an assemblage known as the Old World warblers. The family was formerly a wastebin taxon with over 400 species of bird in over 70 genera. The family was poorly defined with many characteristics shared with other families...

 (Old World warblers)

• Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella certhiola) - U/WVPM - Grasslands
• Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata) - R/WVPM - KM, PG
• Black-browed Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus bistrigiceps) - U/WV - CR, KM, MS, NT, PG, SB, TG
• Oriental Reed-warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) - C/WV - Marshes, Wooded areas near water
• Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis) - C/WVPM - Wooded areas
• Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) - U/WV - BT, CF, SB
• Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) - VR/PM - CF
• Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) - R/WVPM - BB, BT, BW, CF, MF
• Pale-legged Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes) - VR/WV - CF
• Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis) - C/RB - Forests
• Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus) - U/RB - Forests
• Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) - C/RB - Scrubby areas
• Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps) - C/RB - Mangroves
• Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris) - C/RB - Grasslands

Family Timaliidae (Old World babblers)

• Hwamei (Garrulax canorus) - R/IRB - KR, MF, ST
• Black-throated Laughingthrush (Garrulax chinensis) - R/Es - MF
• White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) - C/IRB - Wooded areas
• Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush (Garrulax pectoralis) - VR/Es - MF
• Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratum) - Ex/RB
• White-chested Babbler (Trichastoma rostratum) - R/RB - CF, KM, SB
• Abbott's Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti) - C/RB - BT, CF, PU, SB, ST
• Short-tailed Babbler (Malacocincla malaccensis) - C/RB - CF
• Moustached Babbler (Malacopteron magnirostre) - VR/RB - CF
• Grey-breasted Babbler (Malacopteron albogulare) - Ex/RB
• Chestnut-winged Babbler (Stachyris erythroptera) - U/RB - CF
• Chestnut-rumped Babbler (Stachyris maculata) - Ex/RB
• Black-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigricollis) - Ex/RB
• Striped Tit-babbler (Macronous gularis) - C/RB - Forests
• Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler (Macronous ptilosus) - Ex/RB
• Large Wren-babbler (Napothera macrodactyla) - Ex/RB
• Striped Wren-babbler (Kenopia striata) - Ex/RB
• Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) - VR/Es - Hougang

Family Zosteropidae

White-eye

White-eye can refer to:*White-eye , a large family of birds.*White-eye , a species of fish.*White-eye mutation, a mutation in Drosophila melanogaster linked to the X chromosome, found by reciprocal cross breeding experiments in 1906.*A lioness member of the Marsh Pride of lions that have featured...

 (White-eyes)

• Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) - U/rIRB - Wooded areas
• Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) - R/I
• Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) - R/I
• Mountain White-eye (Zosterops montanus) - R/I
• Everett's White-eye (Zosterops everetti) - R/I
• Mangrove White-eye (Zosterops chloris) - R/I

Family Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

• Thick-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile) - VR/NBV - BB, BT, CF
• Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum) - VR/R - BB, BT, CF
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum) - C/RB - Parks
• Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) - C/RB - Forests
• Plain Flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor) - Ex/RB
• Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus maculatus) - Ex/RB

Family Nectariniidae (Sunbirds and spiderhunters)

• Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) - C/RB - Parks, Forests
• Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) - C/RB - Parks
• Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex) - R/R - CF
• Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) - C/RB - Parks
• Purple-naped Sunbird (Hypogramma hypogrammicum) - Ex/RB
• Copper-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma calcostetha) - U/RB - BB, SB, PU
• Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata) - C/RB - BB, BT, CF, PU
• Yellow-eared Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys) - R/R - BT, CF, PU
• Thick-billed Spiderhunter (Arachnothera crassirostris) - R/R - BT, CF
• Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) - U/RB - BT, CF, PU
• Grey-breasted Spiderhunter (Arachnothera affinis) - Ex/RB
• Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera chrysogenys) - Ex/RB

Family Motacillidae

Motacillidae

The Motacillidae are a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. There are around 65 species in 6 genera and they include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. The longclaws are entirely restricted to the Afrotropics, and the wagtails are predominately found in Europe, Africa and...

 (Wagtails, pipits and relatives)

• Forest Wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) - U/WVPM - Forest edges, BW, CF, Venus Drive
• White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) - R/WV - BC, BG, CR, PG
• Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) - U/WVPM - Admiralty Park, BB, BT, CF, CR, PG, PU
• Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola) - VR/WV
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) - C/WV - CR, LH, KM, NT, PG
• Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) - R/WV - CR
• Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) - VR/PM - BW
• Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus) - C/RB - Urban

Family Ploceidae (Weavers and relatives)

• Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar) - VR/RB - KB, LH, SB, SE
• Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Golden Bishop (Euplectes afer) - R/Es - CR
• Red Bishop (Euplectes orix) - R/Es - ME
• Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops) - VR/Es

Family Estrildidae (Estrildid finches)

• Red Avadavat (Estrilda amandava) - R/IRB - CR, MS, NT, PG, TG
• White-capped Munia (Lonchura ferruginosa) - R/Es - PG
• Javan Munia (Lonchura leucogastroides) - U/IRB - Grasslands
• White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Indian Silverbill (Lonchura malabarica) - R/Es - CR
• Black-headed Munia (Lonchura malacca) - C/RB - Grasslands
• Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) - C/RB - Grasslands
• White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata) - R/RB - BT, CF, NT, PT, PU, SB, ST, TG
• Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora) - VR/Es - LH, PU

Family Viduidae (Indigobirds and Whydahs)

• Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) - R/Es - CR

Family Fringillidae (True Finches)

• Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus) - R/Es - CR, LH, ME, MS, PG, PP, SE
• White-rumped Seedeater (Serinus leucopygius) - VR/Es - PG

Family Emberizidae

Emberizidae

The Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...

 (Buntings and relatives)

• Yellow-breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola) - VR/WV

Family Passeridae (Old World sparrows)

• House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - R/IRB - Pasir Panjang, Jurong Island
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) - VC/RB - Urban area

See also

• List of Singapore mammals
• List of Singapore reptiles
• List of Singapore amphibians

External links

• The birds of Singapore Island
• National Parks
• IUCN red list
• ASEAN-BISS