SBG 27Jan18

From KH

Con, Danny and I went to SBG Bamboo Forest for the White-rumped Munias that were reported here a few days ago.

This one was showing the feature that gave it the name. ©Con Foley

This one was hanging from its food plant. ©Tan KH

A pale morph Changeable Hawk-eagle was high in the trees near the Bamboo Forest. ©Tan KH

The Band-bellied Crake was still around, slightly less skittish. ©Tan KH

A male Brown-throated Sunbird came close for photography when we were waiting for the crake to show. ©Tan KH

Mating Javanese Grasshoppers (Valanga nigricornis), the largest grasshopper species in Singapore. ©Tan KH

Poor Brahminy Blind Snake attacked by ants! ©Tan KH

1. 14 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
2. 1 Yellow Bittern
3. 1 Striated Heron
4. 1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
5. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
6. 1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
7. 2 Red-legged Crake
8. 2 White-breasted Waterhen
9. 1 Band-bellied Crake
10. 20 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
11. 4 Spotted Dove
12. 1 Pink-necked Pigeon
13. 1 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
14. 1 Asian Koel
15. 20 dark swiftlet sp.
16. 1 Asian Palm-Swift
17. 2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
18. 2 Collared Kingfisher
19. 1 Blue-tailed Bee-eater
20. 2 Lineated Barbet
21. 1 Banded Woodpecker
22. 1 Common Flameback
23. 10 Psittacula sp.
24. 4 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
25. 2 Common Iora
26. 3 Black-naped Oriole
27. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
28. 1 Red-whiskered Bulbul
29. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
30. 1 Ashy Tailorbird
31. 2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
32. 10 Asian Glossy Starling
33. 2 Common Hill Myna
34. 10 Javan Myna
35. 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
36. 1 Plain-throated Sunbird
37. 2 Olive-backed Sunbird
38. 3 White-rumped Munia