Birds to See in Singapore in August
35 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
35 bird species on our list for Singapore are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Red Junglefowl, Rock Dove, Grey Heron, Little Egret and Eurasian Tree Sparrow. New this month: Whimbrel, Common Kingfisher, Pacific Golden-Plover and Grey Wagtail and 4 more.
New in August8
Leaving after last month1
Residents
(16)Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
Orthotomus sericeusLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Passage migrants
(1)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made