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My Singapore Lifer List (1 Viewer)

Lifer #307: Long-toed Stint - previously uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant to Singapore but becoming rare due to lack of suitable habitat in Singapore.
 
Updating this post with my Singapore lifers I had gotten since March 2014. I have re-numbered them as I am no longer counting escapee species in my Singapore lifer list. As at 31 Dec 2015, there are 392 species in the official Nature Society of Singapore (NSS) Bird List. I am happy to have broken through the 300th species mark o:D

#284 - Black-nest Swiftlet - Sentosa (22 Apr 2014)
#285 - Oriental Darter - Bukit Gombak (8 Aug 2014)
#286 - Grey-faced Buzzard - Tanah Merah Grassland (1 Nov 2014)
#287 - Yellow-eared Spiderhunter - Dillenia Hut @ Central Catchment Forest (22 Nov 2014)
#288 - Thick-billed Flowerpecker - Dillenia Hut @ Central Catchment Forest (22 Nov 2014)
#289 - Pomarine Jaeger - Straits of Singapore (23 Nov 2014)
#290 - Green Broadbill - East Coast Park (27 Nov 2014) Not accepted in the NSS Bird List
#291 - Oriental Scops Owl - Former Bidadari Cemetery (15 Dec 2014)
#292 - Indian Pond Heron - Former Bidadari Cemetery (18 Apr 2015)
#293 - Black Hornbill - Pekan Quarry @ Pulau Ubin (1 Aug 2015)
#294 - Eurasian Curlew - Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (22 Sep 2015)
#295 - Zappey's Flycatcher - Former Bidadari Cemetery (2 Nov 2015)
#296 - Oriental Paradise Flycatcher ssp Indochinensis - Former Bidadari Cemetery (4 Nov 2015)
#297 - Northern Boobook - Tuas South (9 Nov 2015)
#298 - Greater Spotted Eagle - Tuas South (11 Nov 2015)
#299 - Narcissus Flycatcher - Former Bidadari Cemetery (2 Dec 2015)
#300 - Barred Eagle Owl - Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (8 Dec 2015)
#301 - Blue Rock Thrush - Pinnacle@Duxton (21 Dec 2015)
#302 - Cotton Pygmy Goose - Satay by the Bay (15 Jan 2016)
#303 - Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon - Tampines Eco Green (27 Feb 2016)
#304 - Lesser Adjutant - Western Catchment Mudflat (26 Mar 2016)
 

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Lifer #305 - Brown Booby - sub-adult at Straits of Johor (14 Apr 2016)

This is the fifth sighting in Singapore. Previous sightings were in 1878, 1935, 1948 and 1982.
 

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Lifer #306 - Short-tailed Shearwater - Adult at Straits of Singapore (7 May2016)
 

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Lifer #307 - Great Knot - Adult moulting to non-breeding plumage at Seletar Dam (13 Aug 2016)

Classified as Endangered by IUCN.
 

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Lifer #308 - Ruff (non-breeding male) at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (2 Dec 2016)
 

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Lifer #309 - Eastern Imperial Eagle (juvenile) at Pulau Ubin (27 Dec 2016)
 

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Lifer #310 - Mountain Imperial Pigeon at Pulau Ubin (31 Dec 2016)

This is the second confirmed sighting of this species in Singapore.
 

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Lifer #311 - Blue-and-white Flycatcher - male @ Dairy Farm Nature Park (10 Feb 2017)
 

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Lifer #312 - Bulwer's Petrel - Adult @ Straits of Singapore (29 Apr 2017).

This is the second record of this species along the Straits of Singapore.
 

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Lifer #313 - White-rumped Munia - Adult @ Chinese Garden (8 Aug 2017).
 

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Lifer #314 - Amur Falcon - Female @ Tanah Merah Coast Road (26 Nov 2017).

This is the 3rd confirmed sighting of this species in Singapore.
 

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Lifer #315 - Booted Warbler @ Kranji Marsh (10 Dec 2017).

First record of this species in Singapore and also Southeast Asia.
 

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Lifer #316 - Asian Emerald Cuckoo - sub-adult female @ Fort Siloso, Sentosa (24 Dec 2017)

This is the second confirmed record of this cuckoo species in Singapore.
 

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Lifer #317 - Indian Paradise Flycatcher @ Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (25 Mar 2018).

First confirmed record for Singapore and the whole of Southeast Asia (excluding Myanmar) if it's not an escapee from the pet trade.

It was actually photographed in early Dec 2017 but mis-identified as the usual migratory paradise flycatcher. This is about the same time Singapore and Southeast Asia got its first record of the Booted Warbler at Kranji Marsh which less than a mile away from Sungei Buloh.

Probably some strong winds must have blown the Indian Paradise Flycatcher and Booted Warbler way off course when they were heading south to winter at Sri Lanka.
 

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Lifer #318 - Black Kite @ Choa Chu Kang Christian Cemetery (14 Apr 2018).
 

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Lifer #319 - Great Slaty Woodpecker @ Bukit Timah Nature Reserve (5 May 2018).

Previously believed to have been extirpated from Singapore with only two unconfirmed sightings in the 1970s until a female bird was photographed at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on 1 May 2018.
 

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Lifer #320 - Asian House Martin @ Henderson Waves (20 Oct 2018).
 

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