SBG, Bishan, SBWR 14Apr18

From KH

Con, Danny and I went to the Botanic Gardens. The Band-bellied Crake is still around, showing off its bands!

Asian Palm-swifts were circling the Learning Forest ponds.

Their cousins, the unidentifiable Aerodramus swiftlets were accompanying them.

The Brown-throated Sunbirds (female left, male right) were easier to identify, although people do confuse them with the next species.

The Olive-backed Sunbirds are smaller than the former. They also have a longer, more decurved bill. The male (right) has a different colour combination from the former, while the female (left) has a clear demarcation between the olive upper and the yellow under.

A Clouded Monitor was sunning itself and showing off the nostril that is midway between the eye and the mouth tip, a key distinguishing feature from the Common Water Monitor.

1. 10 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
2. 1 Red-legged Crake - Adult
3. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
4. 1 Band-bellied Crake
5. 4 Spotted Dove
6. 10 Pink-necked Pigeon
7. 5 dark swiftlet sp.
8. 5 Asian Palm-Swift - Circling
9. 2 Lineated Barbet
10. 1 Banded Woodpecker
11. 1 Common Flameback
12. 4 Long-tailed Parakeet
13. 4 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
14. 4 Black-naped Oriole
15. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
16. 4 Yellow-vented Bulbul
17. 1 Olive-winged Bulbul - Heard
18. 2 Common Tailorbird
19. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
20. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
21. 30 Asian Glossy Starling
22. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
23. 1 Common Myna
24. 10 Javan Myna
25. 1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
26. 2 Plain-throated Sunbird
27. 4 Olive-backed Sunbird
28. 2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Next, we went to Bishan Park. The Chinese Pond-herons were in breeding colours.

Somebody released a bunch of African Sharptooth Walking Catfish into the river. The cichlids swimming around them are also non-native...

1. 2 Red Junglefowl (Domestic type)
2. 2 Yellow Bittern
3. 1 Purple Heron
4. 2 Chinese Pond-Heron
5. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
6. 2 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
7. 1 Spotted Dove
8. 2 Zebra Dove
9. 1 Asian Koel
10. 2 Sunda Woodpecker
11. 3 Common Iora
12. 2 Pied Triller
13. 1 Brown Shrike
14. 2 Black-naped Oriole
15. 1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
16. 2 House Crow
17. 2 Pacific Swallow
18. 5 Yellow-vented Bulbul
19. 1 Common Tailorbird
20. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
21. 5 Javan Myna
22. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird
23. 1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
24. 5 Scaly-breasted Munia