NATURE SOCIETY (SINGAPORE) BIRD GROUP RECORDS COMMITTEE 2021 CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF SINGAPORE (2021 edition) Compiled by Nature Society (Singapore) Bird Group Records Committee (NSSBGRC) Key to Abbreviations/Symbols: (a) Abundance/Status RB Resident Breeder A Abundant R(B) Resident, breeding not provenC Common WV Winter Visitor U Uncommon PM Passage Migrant R Rare MB Migrant Breeder NBV Non-breeding Visitor V Vagrant I Introduced ? Status Uncertain (b) Conservation Status ** Globally Threatened Species. This includes those listed as "Critically Endangered", "Endangered" and "Vulnerable" by IUCN. * Globally Near-threatened Species ## Nationally Threatened Species # Nationally Near-threatened Species (c ) Categories A Species which have been recorded in an apparently wild state in Singapore in the last thirty years Species which although originally introduced by humans have now established a regular population which may or may not be self- C sustaining in the last thirty years Species highlighted in Bold type reFers to those classiFied as Rarities. # Family English Name Scientific Name Category Abundance/Status 1 Phasianidae King Quail Excalfactoria chinensis A U/RB 2 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus A C/RB 3 Anatidae Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata C U/IRB 4 Lesser Whistling Duck## Dendrocygna javanica A U/RB 5 Cotton Pygmy Goose## Nettapus coromandelianus A R/R(B) 6 Garganey Spatula querquedula A R/WV 7 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata A R/WV 8 Gadwall Mareca strepera A R/V 9 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope A R/V 10 Northern Pintail Anas acuta A R/WV PM 11 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula A R/V 12 Caprimulgidae Malaysian Eared Nightjar## Lyncornis temminckii A R/R(B) 13 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka A U/WV PM 14 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus A C/RB 15 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis A C/RB 16 Hemiprocnidae Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis A U/RB 17 Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata A R/NBV 18 Apodidae Plume-toed Swiftlet## Collocalia affinis A U/RB 19 Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus A C/RB 20 Germain's Swiftlet Aerodramus germani A C/RB 21 Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis A R/NBV 22 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus A U/PM WV 23 Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis A R/WV PM 24 Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus A U/WV PM 25 Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis A U/RB 26 Common Swift Apus apus A R/V 27 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus A C/PM WV 28 House Swift Apus nipalensis A U/RB 29 Cuculidae Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis A U/RB 30 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis A C/RB 31 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha##* Phaenicophaeus sumatranus A U/RB 32 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus A U/PM WV 33 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus A R/V 34 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus A C/RB WV 35 Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus A R/WV 36 Violet Cuckoo## Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus A U/RB WV 37 Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis A R/WV 38 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus A C/RB 39 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii A U/RB 40 Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus A U/RB 41 Rusty-breasted Cuckoo## Cacomantis sepulcralis A U/RB 42 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo## Surniculus lugubris A U/RB WV 43 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides A U/WV PM 44 Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax A U/NBV 45 Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor A U/WV 46 Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus A U/WV PM 47 Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus A R/PM 48 Columbidae Rock Dove Columba livia C A/IRB 49 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis A R/V 50 Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica C U/IRB 51 Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis A A/RB 52 Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica A U/RB 53 Zebra Dove Geopelia striata A C/RB 54 Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon* Treron fulvicollis A R/NBV 55 Little Green Pigeon Treron olax A R/NBV 56 Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans A A/RB 57 Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus A R/NBV 58 Thick-billed Green Pigeon## Treron curvirostra A U/RB 59 Jambu Fruit Dove* Ptilinopus jambu A U/R(B) NBV 60 Green Imperial Pigeon## Ducula aenea A U/RB 61 Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia A R/NBV 62 Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor A/C U/IR(B) NBV 63 Heliornithidae Masked Finfoot** Heliopais personatus A R/NBV 64 Rallidae Red-legged Crake## Rallina fasciata A U/RB WV 65 Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides A R/WV PM 66 Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata A U/RB 67 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus A C/RB WV 68 Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla A U/WV PM 69 Ruddy-breasted Crake# Zapornia fusca A U/RB WV 70 Band-bellied Crake* Zapornia paykullii A R/V 71 White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus A U/RB 72 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea A U/WV 73 Grey-headed Swamphen# Porphyrio poliocephalus A R/RB 74 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus A U/RB 75 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra A R/WV 76 Podicipedidae Little Grebe## Tachybaptus ruficollis A R/RB 77 Turnicidae Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator A U/RB 78 Burhinidae Beach Stone-curlew##* Esacus magnirostris A R/R(B) 79 Recurvirostridae Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus A R/WV PM MB 80 Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus A R/MB 81 Charadriidae Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus A R/PM WV 82 Red-wattled Lapwing# Vanellus indicus A C/RB 83 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva A C/WV PM 84 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola A U/WV PM 85 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula A R/PM 86 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius A U/WV PM 87 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus A U/WV PM 88 White-faced Plover Charadrius dealbatus A U/WV PM 89 Malaysian Plover##* Charadrius peronii A U/RB 90 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus A C/WV PM 91 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii A U/WV PM 92 Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus A R/PM 93 Rostratulidae Greater Painted-snipe## Rostratula benghalensis A R/RB 94 Jacanidae Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus A R/WV PM 95 Scolopacidae Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus A C/WV PM 96 Little Curlew Numenius minutus A R/V 97 Far Eastern Curlew** Numenius madagascariensis A R/PM 98 Eurasian Curlew* Numenius arquata A R/WV PM 99 Bar-tailed Godwit* Limosa lapponica A U/WV PM 100 Black-tailed Godwit* Limosa limosa A U/WV PM 101 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres A U/WV PM 102 Great Knot** Calidris tenuirostris A R/PM 103 Red Knot* Calidris canutus A R/WV 104 Ruff Calidris pugnax A R/WV 105 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus A U/WV PM 106 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata A R/V 107 Curlew Sandpiper* Calidris ferruginea A U/WV PM 108 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii A R/PM 109 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta A U/WV PM 110 Spoon-billed Sandpiper** Calidris pygmaea A R/WV 111 Red-necked Stint** Calidris ruficollis A U/WV PM 112 Sanderling Calidris alba A U/WV PM 113 Little Stint Calidris minuta A R/V 114 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos A R/V 115 Asian Dowitcher* Limnodromus semipalmatus A R/WV PM 116 Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura A C/WV 117 Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala A R/WV 118 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago A C/WV 119 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus A U/WV PM 120 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus A R/PM 121 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos A C/WV PM 122 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus A R/WV PM 123 Grey-tailed Tattler* Tringa brevipes A R/WV PM 124 Common Redshank Tringa totanus A C/WV PM 125 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis A U/WV PM 126 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola A U/WV PM 127 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus A R/WV 128 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia A C/WV PM 129 Nordmann's Greenshank** Tringa guttifer A R/WV 130 Glareolidae Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum A U/PM 131 Small Pratincole Glareola lactea A R/PM 132 Laridae Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus A R/PM 133 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus A U/WV PM 134 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica A R/WV PM 135 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia A R/WV 136 Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii A C/WV NBV 137 Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis A C/WV 138 Little Tern## Sternula albifrons A C/RB WV 139 Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus A U/PM 140 Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus A U/RB NBV 141 Black-naped Tern## Sterna sumatrana A U/RB 142 Common Tern Sterna hirundo A U/WV PM 143 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida A U/WV PM 144 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus A C/WV PM 145 Stercorariidae Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus A R/V 146 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus A R/V 147 Hydrobatidae Swinhoe's Storm Petrel* Oceanodroma monorhis A U/PM 148 Procellariidae Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris A R/V 149 Ciconiidae Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans A R/NBV 150 Lesser Adjutant** Leptoptilos javanicus A R/NBV 151 Fregatidae Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel A R/NBV 152 Sulidae Red-footed Booby Sula sula A R/NBV 153 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster A R/NBV 154 Anhingidae Oriental Darter* Anhinga melanogaster A R/NBV 155 Threskiornithidae Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus A R/NBV 156 Ardeidae Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis A C/RB WV 157 Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus A U/WV 158 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus A U/RB WV 159 Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis A U/PM WV 160 Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus A U/WV PM 161 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax A U/RB 162 Striated Heron Butorides striata A C/RB WV 163 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii A R/WV 164 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus A C/WV 165 Javan Pond Heron Ardeola