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
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
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From: Tun Pin Ong <>
To: Nikolas Haass <>
Sent: Wednesday, July 6, 2011 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] some wildlife in Singapore
Hi,
Nice list of Singaporean birds. I have not seen Blue-eared Kingfisher yet and
my very split second glimpse of Short-tailed Babbler in Singapore is all I have
ever seen for the bird.
Would be good to include the sites that you visited.
Did you visit Sungei Buloh? Did you get any helps/directions from local birders?
Best regards,
Tun Pin
--- On Tue, 5/7/11, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
> From: Nikolas Haass <>
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] some wildlife in Singapore
> To: "" <>
> Cc: "Andrew Holmes" <>, "exleycaroline elluder"
> <>
> Received: Tuesday, 5 July, 2011, 11:35 PM
> 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
>
> ----------------
> Nikolas Haass
>
> Sydney, NSW
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