Birds to See in Singapore in February
41 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
41 bird species on our list for Singapore are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are Red Junglefowl, Rock Dove, Little Egret, Grey Heron and Rose-ringed Parakeet. New this month: Great Cormorant.
New in February1
Leaving after last month5
Residents
(16)Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
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
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
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
Winter visitors
(24)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Nov–Aug
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–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