Thanks David & Ingo for your responses!
Yep, I am not surprized that there is a small population of Yellow-fronted
Canaries in Singapore!
http://orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=2862&Bird_Image_ID=47660
Cheers,
Nikolas
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Nikolas Haass
Sydney, NSW
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From: David James <>
To: ; Nikolas Haass <>
Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 9:19:21 PM
Subject: Yellow-fronted Canary at Singapore Changi
International Airport
Nikolas,
Germain s swiftlet Colocalia (fusciphaga) amechana is the most common swiftlet
in Singapore. Black-nest and Glossy swiftlets are also there. Himalayan
Swifltlet is not officially on the list but may be a regular winter migrant.
Large-billed Crow is a common resident but not such an urban scrounger as the
only other, nd more common crow there, House Crow.
No Canaries are recorded for Singapore as far as I am aware.
--- On Tue, 22/2/11, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
>From: Nikolas Haass <>
>Subject: [Birding-Aus] Yellow-fronted Canary at Singapore Changi International
>Airport
>To:
>Received: Tuesday, 22 February, 2011, 8:16 PM
>
>
>Excuse this off-limit e-mail. During a stopover in Singapore Saturday evening
>I
>saw from the airport's rooftop "Cactus Garden" next to some typical species
>(such as Javan Myna and House Crow) a few more birds:
>1. a very quick fly-by swiftlet (didn't get any details) - are there
>Edible-nest
>
>Swiftlets around the airport?
>2. a fly-by crow with a very large appearing bill (didn't get any further
>details) - are there Large-billed Crows around the airport?
>3. and finally in one of the cacti on the airport's roof a Yellow-fronted
>Canary
>
>(Serinus mozambicus)! Is there a feral population of these African finches or
>is
>
>this rather a fresh release?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Nikolas
>
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>Nikolas Haass
>
>Sydney, NSW
>
>
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