CHECKLIST OF BIRDS RECORDED FROM SUNGEI BULOH WETLAND RESERVE AS AT

DECEMBER 2011

Global Threatened Status IUCN 2010:

EN-Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Lest Concern

Status:
M – Migrants, a winter visitor or a passage migrant.
R – Resident, breeding or presumed breeding in Singapore
NBV – Non-breeding visitor, regular seen but no breeding record
M (R) – Migrants, some are residents
R (M) – Residents, some are migrants

Global Threatened
S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS Status (IUCN 2010)
1 Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis R
2 Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica R
3 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope M
4 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata M
5 Garganey Anas querquedula M
6 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator R
7 Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides moluccensis R
8 Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus R
9 Banded Woodpecker Picus miniaceus R
10 Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus R
11 Common Flameback Dinopium javanense R
12 Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala R
13 Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris R
14 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis R (M)
15 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis M
16 Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting R
17 Black-backed Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus M
18 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis R
19 Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda M (R)
20 White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis R
21 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata M
22 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris R
23 Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis R (M)
24 Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus M
25 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus M
26 Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus M
27 Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii R
28 Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus R
29 Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis R
30 Little Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus R
31 Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris M (R)
32 Asian Koel Endynamus scolopacea R (M)
33 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis R
 Global Threatened
S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS Status (IUCN 2010)
34 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis R
35 Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus R
36 Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula roseata R NT
37 Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris M
38 Black-nest Swiftlet Collocalia maxima R
39 Edible-nest Swiftlet Collocalia fuciphaga R
40 Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus batasiensis R
41 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus M
42 House Swift Apus nipalensis R
43 Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis R
44 Barn Owl Tyto alba R
45 Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia M
46 Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena R
47 Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu R
48 Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus R
49 Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis R
50 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis R
51 Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica R
52 Zebra Dove Geopelia striata R
53 Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis NBV NT
54 Little Green Pigeon Treron olax R
55 Pink-necked Pigeon Treron vernans R
56 Thick-billed Pigeon Treron curvirostra R
57 Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu NBV NT
58 Masked Finfoot Heliopais personata M EN
59 Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata M (R)
60 Slaty-breasted Rail Gallirallus striatus R
61 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus R (M)
62 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla M
63 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca R (M)
64 White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea R
65 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea M
66 Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio R
67 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus R
68 Pintail Snipe Gallinago sterura M
69 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago M
70 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa M NT
71 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica M
72 Little Curlew Numenius minutus M
73 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus M
74 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata M NT
75 Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis M VU
76 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus M
77 Common Redshank Tringa totanus M
78 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis M
79 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia M
 Global Threatened
S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS Status (IUCN 2010)
80 Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer M EN
81 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus M
82 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola M
83 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus M
84 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos M
85 Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes M
86 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres M
87 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus M NT
88 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris M VU
89 Red Knot Calidris canutus M
90 Sanderling Calidris alba M
91 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis M
92 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta M
93 Dunlin Calidris alpina M
94 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea M
95 Stilt Sandpiper Micropalama himantopus M
96 Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus M
97 Ruff Philomachus pugnax M
98 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis R
99 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus M
100 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus M
101 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva M
102 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola M
103 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula M
104 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius M
105 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus M
106 Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus M
107 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii M
108 Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus R
109 Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus M
110 Oriental Pranticole Glareola maldivarum M
111 Parasitic Jaegar Stercorarius parasiticus M
112 Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus M
113 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica M
114 Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis M
115 Greater Crested Tern Sterna bergii M
116 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana R
117 Common Tern Sterna hirundo M
118 Little Tern Sterna albifrons R (M)
119 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucoptera M
120 Osprey Pandion halietus NBV
121 Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes M
122 Oriental Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus M
123 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus R
124 Black Kite Milvus migrans M
125 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus R
 Global Threatened
S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS Status (IUCN 2010)
126 White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster R
127 Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus R NT
128 Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis M
129 Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus M
130 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela R
131 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus M
132 Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis M
133 Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis M
134 Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga M VU
135 Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii M
136 Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus R
137 Blyth's Hawk Eagle Spizaetus alboniger NBV
138 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo M
139 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus M
140 Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger M
141 Little Egret Egretta garzetta M
142 Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes M VU
143 Pacific Reef Egret Egretta sacra R
144 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea R
145 Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana R
146 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea R
147 Great Egret Casmerodius albus M
148 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia M
149 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis M (R)
150 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus M
151 Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa M
152 Striated Heron Butorides striatus R (M)
153 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax R
154 Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus M
155 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis M (R)
156 Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus M
157 Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus R (M)
158 Black Bittern Dupetor flavicolis M
159 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus R VU
160 Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis M
161 Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha R NT
162 Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea R
163 Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus M
164 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus M
165 Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach R
166 Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea R
167 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos R
168 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis R
169 Pied Triller Lalage nigra R
170 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus M
171 Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica R
 Global Threatened
S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS Status (IUCN 2010)
172 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus M
173 Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectans M
174 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus R
175 Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi M
176 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia R
177 Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneata M VU
178 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa latirostris M
179 Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia M
180 Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides M
181 Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane M
182 Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis R
183 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus R
184 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata M
185 Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis R
186 Purple-backed Starling Sturnus sturninus M
187 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis R
188 Sand Martin Riparia riparia M
189 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica M
190 Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica R
191 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica M
192 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus M
193 Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus R VU
194 Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps R
195 Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier R
196 Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus R
197 Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis NBV NT
198 Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala NBV
199 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis R
200 Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris R
201 Oriental White-Eye Zosterops palpebrosus R
202 Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata M
203 Pallas' Grasshopper Warbler Locustella certhiola M
204 Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps M
205 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis M
206 Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius R
207 Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis R
208 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus R
209 Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps R
210 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus M
211 Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis M
212 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus M
213 White-chested Babbler Trichastoma rostratum R NT
214 Abbott's Babbler Trichastoma abbotti R
215 Striped Tit Babbler Macronous gularis R
216 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum R
 Global Threatened
S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS Status (IUCN 2010)
217 Plain-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis R
218 Purple-throated Sunbird Nectarinia sperata R
219 Copper-throated Sunbird Nectarinia calcostetha R
220 Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis R
221 Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja R
222 Eurasian Tree-Sparrow Passer montanus R
223 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus M
224 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava M
225 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea M
226 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus R
227 Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus R
228 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata R
229 Chestnut Munia Lonchura malacca R
230 White-headed Munia Lonchura maja R

LIST OF INTRODUCED AND SUSPECTED ESCAPED SPECIES

S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME

1 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
2 Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
3 Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
4 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
5 Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata
6 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
7 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus javanicus
8 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
9 Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffini
10 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
11 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
12 Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
13 Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
14 Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
15 Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria
16 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
17 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Threskiornis
18 Black-headed Ibis melanocephalus
19 Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
20 Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
21 Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala
22 Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
23 Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
24 House Crow Corvus splendens
S/N COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME
25 Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
26 Ratchet-tailed Treepie Temnurus temnurus
27 Rufous-winged Flycatcher Philentoma pyrhopterum
28 Black-collared Starling Sturnus nigricollis
29 Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus
30 Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
31 Purple Sunbird Nectarinia asiatica
32 Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar
33 Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
34 Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
35 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
36 Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides
37 Black-collared Starling Sturnus nigricollis