Birds to See in Singapore in May
25 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
25 bird species on our list for Singapore are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Red Junglefowl, Rock Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Grey Heron and Rose-ringed Parakeet.
New in May
No new arrivals this month.
Residents
(16)Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
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
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
Orthotomus sericeusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Recorded all year
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(7)Present outside the breeding season
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
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