World Trip Reports

My Singapore Lifer List



Singapore, being a small island, has an impressive list of around 400 bird specie (including residents, migrants and escapees) occuring in a wild state.

My lifer list for Singapore starting from no. 227 are:

227: Great-billed Heron (Rare Resident Breeder)
228: Blue-rumped Parrot (Rare Resident Breeder)
229: Whiskered Treeswift (Rare Non-Breeding Visitor)
230: Wood Sandpiper (Common Winter Visitor/Passage Migrant)
231: African Grey Parrot (Escapee)
232: Green Imperial Pigeon (Rare Non-Breeding Visitor)

Will update my SG lifer list using this thread from now onwards.


Got my #233 from a tip-off from my birding buddy on Sep 2. However, did not share his luck in watching/shooting a two usually very shy male greater painted snipe in an open field. I only managed to flush out a male bird (classified as a rare breeding resident in Singapor) which flew low for a short distance and disappeared into the bushes.

Also managed to tick off my last COMMON resident bird of Singapore at the same location - Asian Palm Swift (#234). Although classified as common, this specie seems to be overcrowded by the more abundant Germain's Swiftlet and Black-nest Swiftlet.

Then got my #235 in the form of the escapee - Orange-cheeked Waxbill. Both adults and juvenile were sighted, implying successfully breeding of this African waxbill in Singapore.

The day was wrapped up with a possible #236 - Common Snipe. Flushed a pair and saw quite a fair bit of white on their underwing. Will have to return to the same site for confirmation though.


Got my #237 this evening: a female Blue-breasted Quail (or King Quail), an uncommon breeding resident of Singapore.


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