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Hello and welcome to “The Birds of NUS”, your one-stop guide to the feathered creatures that call the National University of Singapore’s Kent Ridge Campus home. If this is your first time using this website and want to learn more about the features of this website, this post will provide a quick walk-through of the features you … Continue reading →

Purple-backed Starling

The Purple-backed Starling is a very common winter visitor and passage migrant to Singapore, meaning that it is most abundant and most easily spotted during the start of the migratory season (September to early October) and the late migratory season (around late February to March). Continue reading →

Pied Imperial Pigeon

One of the larger species of pigeons in Singapore, the Pied Imperial Pigeon is listed as a rare non-breeding visitor to Singapore although local populations are supplemented by many free-flying individuals from the Jurong Bird Park. Continue reading →

Red Junglefowl

At first glance, it is easy to mistake the Red Junglefowl for an escaped Domesticated Chicken as their resemblance is uncanny, barring a few subtle differences and its ability to fly over relatively long distances and up trees. Continue reading →

Ashy Tailorbird

Like most tailorbirds, the Ashy Tailorbird is a small and flighty bird that builds its nest from rolling up leaves and sewing them together using plant fibres and spiderweb threads, commonly spotted darting about inside hedges and undergrowth and between trees. Continue reading →

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Not to be confused with its relatives, the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), which is extremely rare in Singapore, or the Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata), the Eurasian Tree Sparrow is no stranger to many of us. Continue reading →

Common Tailorbird

A common resident of the parks and gardens of Singapore, the Common Tailorbird is a small bird that derives its name from its remarkable ability to ‘sew’ its nests from leaves. Continue reading →

Pacific Swallow

A small bird that often spotted perched on high places such as cables and antennae, the Pacific Swallow is most easily identified by their forked tail and long wings which forms a graceful arc when it flies. Continue reading →

Crimson Sunbird

Although not as abundant and widespread as the other sunbird species, the Crimson sunbird is at once the most spectacular and most unremarkable of the sunbirds in NUS. Continue reading →

Dark-necked Tailorbird

Like most other species of tailorbird, the Dark-necked Tailorbird is a small, flighty bird that is hard to spot, harder to identify and almost impossible to photograph. Continue reading →