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Bird Checklist Checklist of Birds Recorded at Kranji Marshes as of 10 February 2016 No. English Name Scientific Name Abundance Resident/Migrant Status Singapore Status Global Status 1 Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered 2 Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Rare Resident, breeding not proven Critically Endangered 3 King Quail Excalfactoria chinensis Uncommon Resident Breeder 4 Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans Rare Non-breeding Visitor 5 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered 6 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Common Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 7 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Uncommon Winter Visitor 8 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Uncommon Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 9 Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis Uncommon Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 10 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Uncommon Resident Breeder Critically Endangered 11 Striated Heron Butorides striata Common Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 12 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Common Winter Visitor 13 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus Common Introduced, Resident, breeding not proven Winter Visitor 14 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Uncommon Resident Breeder Vulnerable 15 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered 16 Great Egret Ardea alba Common Winter Visitor 17 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia Uncommon Winter Visitor 18 Little Egret Egretta garzetta Common Winter Visitor 19 Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes Rare Winter Visitor Vulnerable 20 Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Common Non-breeding Visitor 21 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Uncommon Resident Breeder 22 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Common Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor, Non-breeding Visitor 23 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes Common Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 24 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela Rare Resident, breeding not proven Critically Endangered 25 Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered 26 Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii Rare Winter Visitor 27 Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga Rare Winter Visitor Vulnerable 28 Booted Eagle Hieraeetus pennatus Uncommon Winter Visitor 29 Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis Common Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 30 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus Uncommon Winter Visitor 31 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Common Resident Breeder 32 White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Common Resident Breeder 33 Grey-headed Fish Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus Uncommon Resident Breeder Critically Endangered Near Threatened 34 Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata Uncommon Resident Breeder Winter Visitor vulnerable 35 Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus Uncommon Resident Breeder 36 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Common Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 37 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 38 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca Uncommon Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 39 White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea Uncommon Resident Breeder 40 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea Uncommon Winter Visitor 41 Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus Uncommon Resident Breeder 42 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Uncommon Resident Breeder 43 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator Uncommon Resident Breeder 44 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered 45 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 46 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 47 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Rare Resident Breeder Critically Endangered 48 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Rare Winter Visitor 49 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Common Winter Visitor 50 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Common Winter Visitor 51 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Rare Winter Visitor 52 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 53 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Rare Winter Visitor 54 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 55 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 56 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 57 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Uncommon Passage Migrant 58 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Uncommon Winter Visitor 59 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Rare Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 60 Little Tern Sternula albifrons Common Resident Breeder Winter Visitor Endangered 61 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Uncommon Winter Visitor 62 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 63 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 64 Rock Dove Columba livia Common Introduced, Resident Breeder 65 Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Uncommon Introduced, Resident Breeder 66 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis Common Resident Breeder 67 Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Uncommon Resident Breeder 68 Zebra Dove Geopelia striata Common Resident Breeder 69 Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans Common Resident Breeder 70 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Uncommon Resident Breeder 71 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Common Resident Breeder 72 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus Uncommon Resident Breeder Near Threatened 73 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus Uncommon Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 74 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Common Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 75 Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Uncommon Resident Breeder Winter Visitor Endangered 76 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus Common Resident Breeder 77 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii Uncommon Resident Breeder 78 Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Uncommon Resident Breeder 79 Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis Uncommon Resident Breeder vulnerable 80 Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor Uncommon Winter Visitor 81 Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 82 Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji Common Resident Breeder 83 Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu Uncommon Resident Breeder Critically Endangered 84 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Common Resident Breeder 85 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis Common Resident Breeder 86 Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus Common Resident Breeder 87 Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani Common Resident Breeder 88 Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis Uncommon Resident Breeder 89 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Uncommon Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 90 House Swift Apus nipalensis Uncommon Resident Breeder 91 Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Common Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 92 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis Uncommon Resident Breeder 93 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Common Resident Breeder 94 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 95 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Common Resident Breeder 96 Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting Rare Resident Breeder Critically Endangered 97 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Common Winter Visitor 98 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus Common Winter Visitor 99 Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis Common Migrant Breeder 100 Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata Uncommon Introduced, Resident Breeder 101 Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala Common Resident Breeder 102 Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopus moluccensis Common Resident Breeder 103 Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum Common Resident Breeder 104 Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus Common Resident Breeder 105 Common Flameback Dinopium javanense Common Resident Breeder 106 Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus Uncommon Resident Breeder 107 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Uncommon Winter Visitor 108 Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffiniana Common Introduced, Resident Breeder Near Threatened 109 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Uncommon Introduced, Resident Breeder 110 Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri Common Introduced, Resident Breeder Near Threatened 111 Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda Common Resident Breeder Near Threatened 112 Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus Common Resident Breeder Endangered 113 Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea Common Resident Breeder 114 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia Common Resident Breeder 115 Pied Triller Lalage nigra Common Resident Breeder 116 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 117 Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 118 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 119 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach Uncommon Resident Breeder 120 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Common Resident Breeder 121 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 122 Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 123 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Common Resident Breeder 124 Malaysian Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica Common Resident Breeder 125 Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Common Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 126 House Crow Corvus splendens Common Introduced, Resident Breeder 127 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Uncommon Resident Breeder 128 Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered Vulnerable 129 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
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