Serangoon, Poyan 20Mar11

From KH

It was another great day of census. The weather was good and the birdlife was rich. Sungei Serangoon is no longer a "sungei" or river; it is now a reservoir. Nevertheless, some waders (Common Sandpipers and Common Greenshanks) still showed up. There was 3 migrant raptors (Osprey, Black Baza and Chinese Goshawk), 3 migrant Egrets (Great, Little and Cattle), as well as some migrant songbirds (Brown Shrike, Ashy Minivets, ABFC, Barn Swallow and Arctic Warbler). The surprise migrant was a single Black-browed Reed-warbler close to the Halus end. Resident-wise, the introduced Sooty-headed Bulbul continue to be sighted in this part of Singapore and another introduced bird, a Rose-ringed Parakeet, was at a nest hole.

At Poyan, migrant Blue-tailed Bee-eaters were still around, although at Serangoon they have been replaced by our only migrant breeder Blue-throated Bee-eater. Other migrants were a Black Baza and some Ashy Minivets. The migrant highlight was a Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo. Resident highlights were a Chestnut-bellied Malkoha and 5 Straw-headed Bulbuls.

Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo ©Danny

		Serangoon	Poyan
1	Red Junglefowl	-	6
2	Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker	3	2
3	Banded Woodpecker	-	1
4	Laced Woodpecker	2	1
5	Common Goldenback	2	2
6	Lineated Barbet	-	3
7	Coppersmith Barbet	-	2
8	Oriental Dollarbird	1	3
9	White-Throated Kingfisher	4	-
10	Collared Kingfisher	6	5
11	Blue-Throated Bee-Eater	7	-
12	Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater	-	4
13	Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo	-	1
14	Little Bronze-Cuckoo	2	1
15	Violet Cuckoo	-	2
16	Asian Koel	3	2
17	Chestnut-Bellied Malkoha	-	1
18	Lesser Coucal	-	3
19	Rose-Ringed Parakeet	1	2
20	Red-Breasted Parakeet	-	10
21	Long-Tailed Parakeet	2	-
22	Swiftlet Spp	17	-
23	Common Pigeon	2	-
24	Spotted Dove	8	7
25	Zebra Dove	4	2
26	Pink-Necked Green Pigeon	11	11
27	White-Breasted Waterhen	5	3
28	Common Greenshank	9	-
29	Common Sandpiper	7	-
30	Osprey	1	-
31	Black Baza	1	1
32	Brahminy Kite	3	-
33	White-Bellied Sea Eagle	-	1
34	Chinese Sparrowhawk	1	-
35	Changeable Hawk-Eagle	-	1
36	Little Egret	28	-
37	Grey Heron	7	-
38	Purple Heron	1	-
39	Great Egret	1	-
40	Cattle Egret	3	-
41	Striated Heron	3	-
42	Black-Crowned Night Heron	3	-
43	Golden-Bellied Gerygone	3	3
44	Brown Shrike	1	-
45	House Crow	7	-
46	Black-Naped Oriole	7	9
47	Pied Triller	-	2
48	Ashy Minivet	20	7
49	Pied Fantail	6	-
50	Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo	-	3
51	Common Iora	8	8
52	Asian Brown Flycatcher	1	-
53	Asian Glossy Starling	14	50
54	White-Vented Myna	16	22
55	Barn Swallow	1	-
56	Pacific Swallow	3	5
57	Straw-Headed Bulbul	-	5
58	Sooty-Headed Bulbul	1	-
59	Yellow-Vented Bulbul	14	15
60	Olive-Winged Bulbul	1	-
61	Yellow-Bellied Prinia	8	-
62	Black-Browed Reed-Warbler	1	-
63	Common Tailorbird	7	4
64	Ashy Tailorbird	4	1
65	Arctic Warbler	1	-
66	White-Crested Laughingthrush	-	8
67	Striped Tit-Babbler	-	1
68	Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker	1	-
69	Brown-Throated Sunbird	6	-
70	Olive-Backed Sunbird	10	3
71	Crimson Sunbird	-	1
72	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	6	6
73	Paddyfield Pipit	1	-
74	Baya Weaver	-	5
	Total Species	55	44
	Total No.	296	235