common
- Details
- Created: Tuesday, 19 April 2022 06:54
- Hits: 466
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