Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Bulbul

Bulbul

Bulbuls in Singapore

 

 

 

A1. 12 Jun 2022
 
 
FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G
GM 600/4  10 Sept 2022
 
 
Manfrotto Series 190
Berlebach Report 8013
GHFG1.  14 Dec 2021
WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024 

 

 

 

 

Yellow-vented Bulbul

An abundant bulbul in Singapore. Bright yellow vent, white head and black lores made it quite distinctive. Upperparts are light brown, with whitish underparts streaked brown. Widely distributed.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

        

A7R4 APS-C mode, 11 Feb 2022

f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

      

A7R4 APS-C mode, 11 Feb 2022

f7.1 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 3200, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Woodlands Waterfront, 26 Oct 2023

f8 1/3200. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

        

A7R4 APS-C mode, 5 April 2022

f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

f5.6 1/1000. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 22 Apr 2023

 

f5.6 1/1000. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 10 Jun 2023

 

        f5.6 1/3200.  ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 22 Nov 2023

 

       

A7R4 APS-C mode, 11 Jan 2022

f8 1/1250. @600mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

f5.6 1/250. ISO 3200, GM600 Tc1.4x, 3 Jan 2023

Sungie Buloh Wetland Reserve

 

Woodlands Waterfront, 30 Jul 2024

f5.6 1/2500, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

 

A7R4 APS-C mode, 16 Feb 2020

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 3200, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A7R4 APS-C mode, 14 Aug 2021

f8 1/2500. @600mm, ISO 4000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A7R4 APS-C mode, 14 Aug 2021

f8 1/3200. @477mm, ISO 4000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 9 Jul 2024

 

Woodlands Waterfront, 9 Jul 2024

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

Marsiling Park Canal, 30 Aug 2024

f8 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, 190B/WH-200II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Straw-headed Bulbul

Largest bulbul in SE Asia. It has a distinctive golden crown and cheeks along with a black eye stripe and moustache. Its nape, back and breast are brownish wiht white streaks. Wings and tail are olive-green. Its throat is white. Formally wide spread across Thai-Malay Pennisula and islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Java. It is bow restricted to small scattered populations in West Malaysia and Corneo. However, the specie is doing well in Singapore.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A7R4, 8 Mar 2021

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, full frame, ISO 4000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2 

 

A7R4 APS-C mode, 7 May 2021

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Jurong ECO Garden, 10 Feb 2023
f5.6 1/1250. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-whiskered Bulbul

A brown, black and white bulbul with a prominant crest. Upperparts dark brown, contrasting with mostly white underparts and bright red undertail coverts. Black crest, red whiskers and large white cheek patch demarcated from throat by thin black malar stripe. Young birds are less strongly marked and lack the red whiskers.

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A7R2 APS-C mode, Botanical Garden, 22 Sept 2019

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A7R4 APS-C mode, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 31 Jan 2022

f7.1, 1/2000. @600mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A6400, Neo Tiew Harvest Lane, 19 Sept 2021

f8 1/800. @600mm, ISO 2500, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Garden by the Bay MRT Station, 14 Jun 2023

f8 1/3200. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Olive-winged Bulbul

The most regularly encountered bulbul in Singapore forests. Its diagnostic olive-green wings can be difficult to discern. In such cases, its combination of red eyes and streaks around the cheeks are also distinctive features. Upperparts are gnerally dark brown, with underparts a lighter shade of brown. 

Reference:  Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 24 Jun 2024

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

A7R4 APS-C mode, Thomson Nature Park, 19 Jul 2021

f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Admiralty Park, Mangrove Forest, 10 May 2024

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 5000, GM600 TC1.4x

 

Admiralty Park, Mangrove Forest, 11 May 2024

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x

 

 Admiralty Park, Mangrove Forest, 23 May 2024

f5.6 1/1250. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x

 

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 29 May 2024

f5.6 1/1250. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x

 

Juvenile, f5.6 1/400. ISO 12800, GM600 TC1.4x, Admiralty Park, 27 Aug 2023

 

 

 

 

 

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