Avibase Page 1of 16 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Singapore 2 Number of species: 425 3 Number of endemics: 0 4 Number of breeding endemics: 0 5 Number of globally threatened species: 24 6 Number of extinct species: 0 7 Number of introduced species: 30 8 Date last reviewed: 2019-01-14 9 10 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2019. Checklist of the birds of Singapore. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc- eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=sg&list=clements&format=1 [22/03/2019]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird.org - Legend: [x] accidental [ex] extirpated [EX] extinct [EW] extinct in the wild [E] endemic [e] endemic (country/region) Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica Cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus Garganey Spatula querquedula Rare/Accidental Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Rare/Accidental Gadwall Mareca strepera Rare/Accidental Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Rare/Accidental Northern Pintail Anas acuta Rare/Accidental Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Rare/Accidental Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Rare/Accidental GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae Rock Pigeon Columba livia Introduced species Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica Introduced species Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Zebra Dove Geopelia striata Avibase Page 2of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Little Green-Pigeon Treron olax Pink-necked Pigeon Treron vernans Cinnamon-headed Pigeon Treron fulvicollis Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Thick-billed Pigeon Treron curvirostra Jambu Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus jambu Near-threatened Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia Rare/Accidental Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus Near-threatened Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Rare/Accidental Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus Rare/Accidental Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis Rare/Accidental Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki Rare/Accidental Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Rare/Accidental CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae Malaysian Nightjar Lyncornis temminckii Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae Silver-rumped Needletail Rhaphidura leucopygialis Rare/Accidental White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Rare/Accidental Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus Avibase Page 3of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani Pacific Swift Apus pacificus House Swift Apus nipalensis Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Hemiprocnidae Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata Rare/Accidental GRUIFORMES: Rallidae Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Rare/Accidental Gray-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus Watercock Gallicrex cinerea White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinerea Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides Rare/Accidental Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca Band-bellied Crake Zapornia paykullii Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris Near-threatened CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Rare/Accidental Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Introduced species Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus Greater Sand-Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Malaysian Plover Charadrius peronii Near-threatened Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Rare/Accidental Avibase Page 4of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Little Curlew Numenius minutus Rare/Accidental Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Near-threatened Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Near-threatened Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered Red Knot Calidris canutus Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Ruff Calidris pugnax Rare/Accidental Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Rare/Accidental Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Near-threatened Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii Rare/Accidental Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmea Rare/AccidentalCritic ally endangered Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Near-threatened Sanderling Calidris alba Dunlin Calidris alpina Rare/Accidental Little Stint Calidris minuta Rare/Accidental Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Rare/Accidental Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Near-threatened Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Rare/Accidental Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala Rare/Accidental Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Rare/Accidental Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Rare/Accidental Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened Avibase Page 5of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Rare/Accidental Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer Rare/AccidentalEnda ngered Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Redshank Tringa totanus CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Small Pratincole Glareola lactea Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Rare/Accidental Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus Rare/Accidental Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Rare/Accidental CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus Rare/Accidental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Rare/Accidental Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus Vulnerable Little Tern Sternula albifrons Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Rare/Accidental Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Rare/Accidental White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Rare/Accidental Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Common Tern Sterna hirundo Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus Rare/Accidental PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus Rare/Accidental PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae Avibase Page 6of 16 Common name Scientific name Synonym Status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma monorhis Near-threatened PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas Near-threatened Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris Rare/Accidental CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans Rare/Accidental Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Rare/AccidentalVuln erable Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea Endangered SULIFORMES: Fregatidae Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Rare/Accidental Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi Rare/AccidentalCritic ally endangered SULIFORMES: Sulidae Masked Booby Sula dactylatra Rare/Accidental Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Rare/Accidental Red-footed Booby Sula sula Rare/Accidental SULIFORMES: Anhingidae Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster Rare/AccidentalNear -threatened SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae