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Common Birds in Singapore
A7R4. in APS-C mode
A1. 12 Jun 2022
FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G
GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022
MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2
190B/GHFG1. 2022
190XPROB/GHFG1. Feb 2022
MT190CXPRO3/GHFG1. May 2022
Belerbach Report 8013/GHFG1 May 2022
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.
f7.1 1/500. @214mm, full frame, ISO 2000, Eco Lake, 9 Apr 2022
Male and female, f6.3 1/500. @600mm, Full Frame, ISO 1600, Keppel Discovery Wetlands, 10 Feb 2022
A6400, f6.3 1/500. @324mm, ISO 1000, Botanical Garden ECO Lake, 11 Mar 2020
A6400, f6.3 1/500. @200mm, ISO 1000, Botanical Garden ECO Lake, 11 Mar 2020
A6400, f6.3 1/500. @326mm, ISO 800, Botanical Garden ECO Lake, 11 Mar 2020
Chick, f6.3 1/500. @600mm, Full Frame, ISO 1600, Eco Lake, 9 Apr 2022
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.
A6400, f6.3 1/500. @600mm, ISO 1000, 25 Oct 2020
f5.6 1/2500. ISO 3200, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 21 Apr 2023
Garden by the Bay MRT Station, 6 Jun 2023
f5.6 1/1600. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x
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
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.
f8 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 400, Gardens by the Bay, 8 Apr 2021
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.
f7.1 1/1000. @600mm, ISO 5000, Woodlands, 18 Aug 2021
Pied Triller
A distinctive black and white bird with contrasting white brow and black eye-stripe. Male is black on crown, nape, mantle and parts of wing, mostly white on underparts. Back and uppertail coverts grey. Female is greyish brown on upperparts, not black, and finely scaled on underparts. Young birds are less strongly marked and are finely streaked on the underparts.
f8 1/2500. ISO 1250, GM600 TC1.4x, 18 Apr 2023
Woodlands Road, opposite Woodlands Fire Station
f5.6 1/1000. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Fu Shan Garden, 19 Nov 2022
f7.1 1/640. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 3 Apr 2023
f7.1 1/640. ISO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 3 Apr 2023
Female Juvenile, f10 1/500. @600mm, TC 1.4x ISO 2500, Eagle Point, 23 Aug 2022
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.
f6.3 1/640. @600mm, Full Frame, ISO 2500, Hampstead Wetlands Park, 8 Apr 2022
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
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.
f6.3 1/500. @600mm, Full Frame, IO 12800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2, Hindhede Nature Park, 8 Mar 2021
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.
f5.6 1/1600. ISO 2000, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 19 Sept 2023
f5.6 1/1600. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 19 Sept 2023
f5.6 1/320. ISO 6400, GM600 TC1.4x, Admiralty Park, 27 Aug 2023
Swan
Botanical Garden, Eco Lake
A7R2, f5.6 1/500 Nikkor 600/5.6 IF-ED Ais, ISO 640, 190XPROB/054Mg, 30 Sept 2016
A7R2, f5.6 1/500 Nikkor 600/5.6 IF-ED Ais, ISO 800, 190XPROB/054Mg, 30 Sept 2016