Birds to See in Singapore in October
49 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
49 bird species on our list for Singapore are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Red Junglefowl, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, Oriental Honey-buzzard and Little Egret. New this month: Yellow-browed Warbler, Curlew Sandpiper, Common Snipe and Buzzard and 4 more.
New in October8
Leaving after last month2
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
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
Orthotomus sericeusLC
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
(22)Present outside the breeding season
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Jul–Feb
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Sep–Mar
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Jan
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Grey Parrot
Psittacus erithacusEN
Regularly Oct–Mar
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Oct
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