List of birds of Singapore
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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Singapore. The avifauna of Singapore include a total of 450 species, 35 of which have been introduced by humans.
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2023b edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account.
The following tags have been used to highlight several categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring native species.
Abundance
Very common (VC) - found almost all the time in suitable locations
Common (C) - found most of the time in suitable locations
Uncommon (U) - found some of the time
Rare (R) - found several times a year
Very rare (VR) - not found every year
Extirpated (Ex) - used to be found in Singapore, but not any more
Status
Resident (R) - stays throughout the year without known breeding record
Resident breeder (RB) - stays throughout the year with known breeding record
Winter visitor (WV) - spends months at wintering site
Passage migrant (PM) - spends days to weeks at wintering site
Migrant breeder (MB) - breeds locally, but winters elsewhere
Non-breeding visitor (NBV) - can be found throughout the year for days to months, but does not breed locally
Vagrant (V) - not usually found locally
Introduced (I) - either released or escaped birds
Reintroduced (rI) - previously extirpated, but has been re-introduced into the wild
Locations
There are many locations for bird watching in Singapore. The habitats include forests, mangroves, rivers, coasts, grasslands, woodlands, marshes, and offshore islands. There are no mountains in Singapore, but there are several hills, i.e., "bukit" (Bt.) in the Malay language.
The house crow is the most successful introduced bird in Singapore.
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