Birds seen in Singapore

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Birds seen in Singapore

• Garden Birds
• Introduced Birds
• Uncommon/Threatened Birds

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Black-naped Oriole
• With its bright yellow colour, the Oriole is a
  very distinctive bird of parks, gardens and rural
  areas.
• It eats insects and fruits like figs, palm fruits
  and cultivated fruits.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Common Tailorbird
• This bird is commonly encountered in parks,
  gardens, open rural areas and secondary forests.
• It is not a shy bird, often coming down to low
  bushes in search of insects.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Large-tailed Nightjar
• This nocturnal bird lives in our parks, gardens,
  and open wooded areas.
• It usually perches near lamps to feed on insects
  attracted by the light.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Collared Scops Owl
• This small owl is a fairly common. It feeds on
  large beetles and other insects. It also feeds on
  insect larvae.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Coppersmith Barbet
• This is a bird of secondary forests and open
  rural areas.
• It enjoys eating figs, and also insects and
  insect larvae. It builds its nest in tree holes.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Common Tailorbird
• This bird is commonly encountered in parks,
  gardens, open rural areas and secondary forests.
• It is not a shy bird, often coming down to low
  bushes in search of insects.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Crimson Sunbird
• The male of the species is a striking red. It is
  common in forests, agricultural areas and
  occasionally, mangroves.
• Its diet consists of insects and nectar

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Brown-throated Sunbird
• ( Plain-throated Sunbird)
• This is a common garden sunbird. You can also
  find it in secondary forests.
• It eats insects and loves nectar from flowers.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Collared Kingfisher
• This is our most common kingfisher. It lives in
  many habitats--coastal, mangrove and in inland
  rural areas. It may also be found in gardens. It
  builds its nest in tree holes, and holes in mud
  banks of rivers.
• It eats fish, crabs, prawns, insects, frogs and
  lizards.

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GARDEN BIRDS

• Pink-necked Green Pigeon
• This pigeon can be found in many habitats, even
  in the city centre.
• They are frugivores (they feed on fruits). They
  love figs, as well as fruits of the Tembusu tree
  and of palms.

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INTRODUCED BIRDS

• Javan Myna
• (White-vented Myna)
• You can find this bird almost everywhere.
• It feeds mainly on insects and their larvae. It
  also visits fruiting and flowering trees.

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INTRODUCED BIRDS

• Red-collared Dove
• This birds natural habitat is in open rural
  country.
• It feeds mainly on fruits.

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INTRODUCED BIRDS

• Red-ringed Parakeet
• This bird occurs in forests and mangroves.
• It feeds on fruits.

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INTRODUCED BIRDS

• House Crow
• This is another common bird found almost
  everywhere.
• It is a scavenger, feeding off leftover food that
  is left unattended in rubbish bins and along the
  wayside.

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UNCOMMON BIRDS

• Straw-headed Bulbul
• This bird likes to live near rivers. It can also
  be found inland in rural areas and secondary
  forests.
• Its diet consists of fruits and insects. Poaching
  and habitat loss is a great threat.

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UNCOMMON BIRDS
Magpie Robin

• This accomplished songster was commonly found in
  open rural country, parks and gardens. Habitat
  loss and intensive trapping has caused its
  decline. It also suffers from competition with
  the more aggressive Javan Myna.
• Its diet consists mainly of insects.

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UNCOMMON BIRDS

• Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
• This tiny, colourful parrot of the forest canopy
  is threatened by habitat loss.
• It feeds on fruits and seeds.

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UNCOMMON BIRDS

• Little Grebe
• This is a wetland bird. It lives in shallow
  marshy areas that are fringed with long grass.
• It feeds on aquatic vegetation and small
  invertebrates. These birds are rare because their
  marshy habitats are diminishing.

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UNCOMMON BIRDS

• White-bellied Woodpecker
• This is a large and rare woodpecker. It is in a
  precarious situation as its numbers are small and
  its range is highly restricted.
• It feeds on the larvae of insects in dead trees
  and also on small vertebrates and invertebrates.

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