Checklist of Recorded at Kranji Marshes as of 31 December 2015

No. English Name Scientific Name Abundance Resident/Migrant Status 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 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 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 gularis Common Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 30 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Rare Accidental Visitor 31 Eastern Marsh Circus spilonotus Uncommon Winter Visitor 32 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Common Resident Breeder 33 White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Common Resident Breeder 34 Grey-headed Fish Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus Uncommon Resident Breeder Critically Endangered Near Threatened 35 Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata Uncommon Resident Breeder Winter Visitor vulnerable 36 Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus Uncommon Resident Breeder 37 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Common Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 38 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 39 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca Uncommon Resident Breeder Winter Visitor 40 White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea Uncommon Resident Breeder 41 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea Uncommon Winter Visitor 42 Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus Uncommon Resident Breeder 43 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Uncommon Resident Breeder 44 Barred Turnix suscitator Uncommon Resident Breeder 45 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered 46 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 47 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 48 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Rare Resident Breeder Critically Endangered 49 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Rare Winter Visitor 50 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Common Winter Visitor 51 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Common Winter Visitor 52 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Rare Winter Visitor 53 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 54 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Rare Winter Visitor 55 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 56 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common 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 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 Uncommon Introduced, Resident Breeder 130 Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier Common Resident Breeder 131 Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus Common Resident Breeder 132 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 133 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 134 Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica Common Resident Breeder 135 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Uncommon Passage Migrant, Winter Visitor 136 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 137 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Uncommon Winter Visitor 138 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Common Winter Visitor 139 Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Uncommon Winter Visitor 140 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 141 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 142 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Common Resident Breeder 143 Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flavicentris Common Resident Breeder 144 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Common Resident Breeder 145 Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis Common Resident Breeder 146 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus Uncommon Resident Breeder 147 Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps Common Resident Breeder 148 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis Common Resident Breeder 149 Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti Uncommon Resident Breeder 150 White-chested Babbler Trichastoma rostratum Rare Resident Breeder Critically Endangered 151 White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolopus Common Introduced, Resident Breeder 152 Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus Common Introduced? Resident Breeder 153 Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis Common Resident Breeder 154 Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Uncommon Resident Breeder 155 Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus Common Introduced, Resident Breeder 156 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Common Resident Breeder 157 Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 158 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis Uncommon Resident Breeder Endangered 159 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus Uncommon Resident Breeder Critically Endangered 160 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa latirostris Common Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 161 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia Uncommon Passage Migrant 162 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejneri Rare Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 163 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum Common Resident Breeder 164 Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis Common Resident Breeder 165 Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha Uncommon Resident Breeder 166 Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis Common Resident Breeder 167 Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Common Resident Breeder 168 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Common Resident Breeder (Introduced)? 169 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus Uncommon Resident Breeder 170 Red Avadavat amandava Uncommon Introduced, Resident Breeder 171 Javan Munia leucogastroides Uncommon Introduced, Resident Breeder 172 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata Common Resident Breeder 173 Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla Uncommon Resident Breeder 174 White-headed Munia Lonchura maja Uncommon Resident Breeder 175 Forest Dendronanthus indicus Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 176 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis Common Winter Visitor 177 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Uncommon Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant 178 Paddyfield Anthus rufulus Common Resident Breeder Other species recorded Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris Winter Visitor, Passage Migrant, not listed in NSS 2015 List due to identification difficulties in the field. Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea Escapee, possibly with the Painted Stork Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala Escapee, possibly hybrid with the Milky Stork Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Escapee Monk Parrot Myiopsitta monachus Escapee Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Escapee Source: Nature Society (Singapore) and National Parks Board

Reference: Nature Society (Singapore) Bird Group Records Committee. 2015. Checklist of the Birds of Singapore (2015 Edition) Davison, G. W. H., Ng, P. K. L. and Ho, H. C. 2008. The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened Plants and of Singapore. Second Edition. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. . Downloaded on 18 January 2016.