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Common Birds 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
 

 

 

 

 

Red Junglefowl

An unmistakable wild rooster, with a combination of slate-grey legs, white rump and white ear-patch. Hens are uniformly dull brown wiht heavy streaking. Wildly regarded as ancestor of dometic chicken. Plumage colouration can vary greatly due to interbreeding with domestic stock. 

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

A7R4, Eco Lake, 9 Apr 2022

f7.1 1/500. @214mm, ISO 2000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Male and female, A7R4, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 10 Feb 2022

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1600, M<T190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A6400, Botanical Garden ECO Lake, 11 Mar 2020

f6.3 1/500. @324mm, ISO 1000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A6400, Botanical Garden ECO Lake, 11 Mar 2020

f6.3 1/500. @200mm, ISO 1000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A6400, Botanical Garden ECO Lake, 11 Mar 2020

f6.3 1/500. @326mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Chick, A7R4, Eco Lake, 9 Apr 2022

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1600, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

 

 

 

 

Javan Myna

The most recognisable bird in Singapore. Uniformly black plumage with yellow eyes, bill and legs. White wing patches. Juveniles have slaty-grey plumage that is lighter than the adult birds. The bird is native to the islands of Java but has been introduced to many places in Southeast Asia.

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

A6400, 25 Oct 2020

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Woodlands Waterfront, 21 Apr 2023

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

f7.1 1/3200. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, TimMac@Kranji, 29 Feb 2024

 

Garden by the Bay MRT Station, 6 Jun 2023

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

f5.6 1/2000. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 2 Jul 2024

 

f5.6 1/2000. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 2 Jul 2024

 

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 12 Mar 2023

 

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 4 Nov 2023

 

f7.1 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Road, 9 Dec 2023

 

 

 

 

 

Common Myna

The less abundent Myna in Singapore. The species has a combination of black head and yellow skin around the eye, the body plumage is brown with white wing patch. Sometimes seen with unfeathered heads when undergoing moulting. Native in Singapore but number is reduced with the better adapting Javan Myna.

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

A7R4 APS-C mode, Gardens by the Bay, 8 Apr 2021

f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 400, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

Garden by the Bay MRT Station, 6 Jun 2023

f5.6 1/2000. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x

 

 

 

 

 

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

A well know human commensal, identified by its chestnut crown, black face mask, cheek patch and chin. Neck is white, upperparts generally brown with streaked black and buffy underparts.

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

A7R4 APS-C mode, Woodlands, 18 Aug 2021

f7.1 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 5000, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Pied Hornhill

An unmistakable bird. Both sexes have pied plumage that is black above and white below with bluish facial skin and a light yellow casque and bill. Females have a much reduced casque and black patches on the bill.

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

A7R4, Hampstead Wetlands Park, 8 Apr 2022

f6.3 1/640. @600mm, ISO 2500, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

A7R2, f6.3 1/500. @600mm, Full Frame, ISO 1250, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2, 

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve family, 

juvenile(left), female(centre) and male, 9 Aug 2019

 

Jalan Selimang, Sembawang, 8 Dec 2023

f8 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

 

 

 

 

 

White-crested Laughingthrush

An unmistakable bird of well-wooded parks. It has a white head and upper breast with a black face mask and chocoloate-brown back, wings and tail. 

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

A7R4, Hindhede Nature Park, 8 Mar 2021

f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 12800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental White-eye

Only white-eye in Singapore. Unmistakable most of the upperparts olive-green with broad white eye-ring. Throat, upper breast, forehead and vent yellow. Lower breast and belly pale grey, with yellow undertail coverts and vental stripe that extends up belly.

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

Admiralty Park, 9 Jun 2024

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 19 Sept 2023

 

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x, Admiralty Park, 9 Jun 2024

 

f5.6 1/1600. ISO 4000, GM600 TC1.4x, Admiralty Park, 9 Jun 2024

 

fAdmiralty Park, 27 Aug 2023

f5.6 1/320.  ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1

 

 

 

 

Swan

Botanical Garden, Eco Lake

 

A7R2, 30 Sept 2016

f5.6 1/500 Nikkor 600/5.6 IF-ED Ais, ISO 640, 190XPROB/054Mg

 

A7R2, 30 Sept 2016

f5.6 1/500 Nikkor 600/5.6 IF-ED Ais, ISO 800, 190XPROB/054Mg

 

 

 

 

 

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