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Singapore Raptor Report February 2021 Singapore Raptor Report – Feb 2021 Singapore Raptor Report February 2021 Brown Fish Owl, at Hindhede Nature Park, 17 Feb 2021, by Jackie Yeo The highlight for February 2021 must have been the incredible sighting of the first Brown Fish Owl in Singapore, and the Black-thighed Falconet which had not been seen for decades, more on these later. Summary for migrant species: In February 2021, 139 raptors of eight migrant species were recorded. The only Rufous- bellied Eagle wintering in Singapore was recorded at Dairy Farm Nature Park on the 1st, Woodlands on the 6th, and Hillview MRT vicinity on the 21st. Only two Chinese Sparrowhawks were recorded, the wintering female at Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West on the 12th and 13th, and a male at Lorong Halus Wetlands on the 20th. Five Jerdon’s Bazas were recorded, singles at Pulau Ubin, Changi Business Park, Pasir Ris Park, Tampines Eco Green, and Lorong Halus-Punggol Waterway area. There were also five Western Ospreys and they were recorded at Changi Business Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Upper Seletar Reservoir, Jelutong Tower, and Hindhede Nature Park. Fourteen Peregrine Falcons were recorded, often perched on buildings. There were also 22 Japanese Sparrowhawks, 39 Black Bazas, and 51 Oriental Honey Buzzards. Page 1 of 12 Singapore Raptor Report – Feb 2021 Highlights for sedentary species: Jackie Yeo was at Hindhede Nature Park on 17 Feb 2021 when he photographed an unusual- looking large brown owl that proved to be a Brown Fish Owl, the first sighting of the species in Singapore. The nearest known population is at northern Peninsular Malaysia, some 500- 600 kilometres away. More incredibly, the next day, Vincent Yip photographed the Brown Fish Owl perching next to an almost fully grown hybrid owlet that looked mostly like a young Buffy Fish Owl. Subsequently, the Brown Fish Owl was seen perched next to an adult Buffy Fish Owl, presumably its mate. The mystery deepens when Jan Tan checked her photos of an unusual-looking owl taken at nearby Singapore Quarry on 3 Aug 2019, one and a half years ago, and discovered that it was a Brown Fish Owl! The other amazing occurrence was that of a juvenile Black-thighed Falconet that was found by Lee Lay Na, perched on the parapet of an HDB flat in Yishun Street 71, on 12 Feb 2021, as if to welcome the first day of the Lunar New Year. The last confirmed record for the falconet was more than 30 years ago. Black-thighed Falconet, perched on HDB parapet at Yishun Street 71, 12 Feb 2021, by Lee Lay Na. Page 2 of 12 Singapore Raptor Report – Feb 2021 Breeding-related activities were noted for three other species. At least one chick was observed in the nest of a pair of Black-winged Kites at Seletar on the 28th. Separate pairs of White-bellied Sea Eagles were observed on their respective nests at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve on the 6th, and Fort Canning on the 20th. For the Buffy Fish Owl, a fledgling was observed with its parents at Yishun on the 4th & 9th, another owlet at Jurong Lake Gardens had fledged from its nest (a Bird’s Nest Fern) by the 6th, and yet another owlet was observed in its nest (another Bird’s Nest Fern) along Hampstead Gardens on the 6th and 8th. One adult ernesti Peregrine Falcon was recorded in the vicinity of the Botanic Gardens on the 25th. There were four records of the Crested Serpent Eagle - at SBWR, Chek Jawa, Goldhill Avenue, and Kent Ridge Park. Ten Grey-headed Fish Eagles, 12 Black-winged Kites, 17 Crested Goshawks, and eight Changeable Hawk-Eagles were also recorded. Finally, one Barred Eagle Owl was recorded at Rifle Range Link, while one Spotted Wood Owl was recorded at Goldhill Avenue, Satay by the Bay, and Pasir Ris Park. Table 1 S/N Species No. S/N Species No. 1 Western Osprey 5 Residents / Sedentary Species 2 Jerdon's Baza 5 9 Black-winged Kite 12 3 Black Baza 39 10 Brahminy Kite C* 4 Oriental Honey Buzzard 51 11 White-bellied Sea Eagle C* 5 Chinese Sparrowhawk 2 12 Grey-headed Fish Eagle 10 6 Japanese Sparrowhawk 22 13 Crested Serpent Eagle 4 7 Rufous-bellied Eagle 1 14 Crested Goshawk 17 8 Peregrine Falcon 14 15 Changeable Hawk-Eagle 8 16 Black-thighed Falconet 1 Nocturnal Raptors 17 Barred Eagle Owl 1 18 Brown Fish Owl 1 19 Buffy Fish Owl 10 20 Spotted Wood Owl 3 Total for Migrants 139 Grand Total 206 * C = Common Page 3 of 12 Singapore Raptor Report – Feb 2021 1. Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus (5) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 4 1 CBP, in flight with a fish SB Lim 6 2 SBWR Darren Leow 13 1 Upper Seletar Reservoir Kwok Tuck Loong 17 1 Jelutong Tower, with catch Yip Jen Wei 19 1 Hindhede Nature Park Yap Bao Shen 2. Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni (5) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 1 TEG Oliver Tan 5 1 Ubin Mike Hooper 8 1 CBP Yeong WaiKai 16 1 CBP Ramesh T. 18 1 Lorong Halus Wetlands Herman Phua 22 1 PRP Yeong WaiKai 27 1 Punggol Waterway Vidya Shankararaman 3. Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes (39) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 3 6 PRP, flying towards Ubin Alvin Seng 4 3 PRP Philip Chua 6 1 CBP Herman Phua 6 1 PRP Derrick Wong 6 1 PRP, 11:42am Lee Chin Pong 6 9 PRP Han YK 8 3 CBP Ramesh T. 15 1 TBHP, 3:55pm Chen Boon Chong 16 1 Lim Chu Kang Lane 3 Meena Vathyam 20 8 Woodleigh Park Waterworks Raj Bhatt 26 2 Malcolm Road Yi-Fan Chen 27 3 KM, 8am Wai Heng Lua 27 1 Goldhill Avenue, 5pm Wai Heng Lua 27 2 SBWR Yip Jen Wei 28 1 SBWR, harassed by 2 crows Betty Shaw Page 4 of 12 Singapore Raptor Report – Feb 2021 Black Baza, 15 Feb 2021, Telok Blangah Hill Park, by Chen Boon Chong. 4. Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus (51) orientalis unless indicated otherwise Date No. Location and Details Reported By 2 1 Hampstead, juvenile pale morph SB Lim 3 2 CBP, 1 dark morph orientalis, 1 ruficollis Yeong WaiKai 4 1 Jurong West, immature pale morph Philip Toh 5 1 CBP, juvenile pale morph ruficollis Tan Eng Boo 6 1 Woodlands, adult male Joy Kutty 6 1 Yishun Pond, adult female pale morph, 2:43pm Angie Cheong 6 2 Sentosa Low Zhi Hao 7 2 KM Martin Kennewell 8 1 CBP, dark morph Yeong WaiKai 8 1 Jurong West, pale morph female Philip Toh 8 1 JLG, immature pale morph Brenda Chua 9 2 TBHP, dark morph male, juvenile pale morph Alex Kang Page 5 of 12 Singapore Raptor Report – Feb 2021 11 1 Hampstead Wetlands, pale morph Meena Vathyam 12 1 Toa Payoh Veronica Foo 12 3 CBP, 1 adult male pale morph, 1 immature dark Herman Phua morph, 1 pale morph 12 1 HWL, 1 juvenile dark morph Sudip Kumar Saha 13 1 MED, pale morph Norhafiani A Majid 13 1 Andy Road, pale morph Yip Jen Wei 14 1 Jurong West, immature pale morph Philip Toh 14 1 Marsiling, female pale morph Meena Vathyam 14 1 SBTB Fadzrun A. 15 1 Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West, adult male Art Toh 16 1 Alexandra Arch, female Ros Qian 17 1 Whampoa Drive, pale morph Keith Hutton 18 2 Jurong West, pale morphs Philip Toh 18 1 Ang Mo Kio, immature pale morph Philip Ng 20 1 Yishun Park Veronica Foo 20 1 Jurong West, male dark morph Philip Toh 21 1 Opera Estate, juvenile pale morph SB Lim 22 2 CBP, 1 adult male orientalis, 1 ruficollis Yeong WaiKai 23 1 SBG vicinity, adult male Cheng Li Ai 23 1 SBTB, immature dark morph Art Toh 23 1 Pasir Ris Town Park, adult male dark morph Alvin Seng 23 1 Jurong West, pale morph Philip Toh 24 2 PRP, 1 adult dark morph male, morning Alvin Seng 24 2 West coast Drive Tay Kian Guan 27 4 Marsiling Park Fadzrun A. 28 1 Jelutong Tower, immature dark morph Art Toh 5. Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis (2) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 12 1 Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West, adult female Norhafiani A Majid 13 1 Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West, adult female Kwok Tuck Loong 20 1 Halus Wetland, male Martin Kennewell 6. Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis (22) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 6 1 SBWR Fadzrun A. 7 1 Yishun Dam, immature male Yeong WaiKai 10 1 TBHP Zac C 11 1 Jurong West Philip Toh 13 1 Upper Seletar Reservoir Kwok Tuck Loong 13 1 Marina South Fitri Adnan 14 1 Lim Chu Kang Lim Kim Chuah 14 1 Hampstead Wetlands Park, adult male Fadzrun A. 14 2 Bukit Brown cemetery Martin Kennewell 17 1 Jelutong Tower, adult female Yip Jen Wei Page 6 of 12 Singapore Raptor Report – Feb 2021 20 1 JLG Martti Siponen 20 1 Sentosa Russell Boyman 21 1 Bukit Brown, adult female Darren Leow 23 2 NUS Sreekar Rachakonda 24 3 Jelutong Tower Yip Jen Wei 26 1 DFNP Fadzrun A. 28 1 Jelutong Tower, female Lee Chin Pong 28 1 SBTB Sreekar Rachakonda 7. Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii (1) Date No. Location and Details Reported By 1 1 DFNP Neo Jinju 6 1 Woodlands Ave 12, juvenile Fadzrun A. 21 1 Hillview MRT station Siew Mun 8. Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus (13+1) migrants unless otherwise stated Date No.
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