Semakau Survey 2005 26 June 2005 survey homepage what's the survey about? preliminary results photos 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 logistics details for the survey wildsingapore homepage our other projects posters of semakau background on semakau more semakau photos Preliminary results summary | plants | birds | fishes| other intertidal animals Birds Family Accipitridae Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (migrant) Black-shouldered Kite (Elanus caeruleus) Family Alcedinidae Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) (migrant) Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) Family Apodidae Himalayan Swiftlet (Callocalia brevirostris) (migrant) House Swift (Apus affinis) Family Ardeidae Great-billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana) Endangered and *internationally threatened Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Vulnerable Striated Heron (Butorides striatus) Pacific Reef-Egret (Egretta sacra) *nationally threatened Family Caprimulgidae Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) Family Centropodidae Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) Family Columbidae Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (Treron vernans) Pied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula bicolor) Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) Family Corvidae Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) House Crow (Corvus splendens) Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) Family Cuculidae Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) Status as indicated in Ng, P. K. L. & Y. C. Wee, 1994. The Singapore Red Data Book: Threatened Plants and Animals of Singapore. Endangered: in danger of immediate extinction and survival unlikely if factors causing the decline of the species is not reduced or eliminated. Vulnerable/Rare: likely to move into the 'endangered' category in the near future if threats to its survival are not reduced or eliminated. Indeterminate: known to be 'endangered' or 'vulnerable' but there is not enough information to determine precise category. Family Hirundinidae Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) (migrant) Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) Red-rumped Swallow (Hirundo daurica) (migrant) Family Laridae Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) Vulnerable Family Meropidae Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus) (migrant) Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) Family Nectarinidae Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis) Copper-throated Sunbird (Nectarinia calcostetha) Rare Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) Family Passeridae Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus) Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) Family Pycnonotidae Olive-winged Bulbul (Pycnonotus plumosus) Family Rallidae White-breasted Water Hen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) Subfamily Rhipiduridae Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) Family Scolopacidae Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) (migrant) Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) (migrant) Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) (migrant) Family Sturnidae Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) Family Sylviidae Ashy Tailorbird (Orthotomus ruficeps) Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus) Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) Observations by Subaraj Rajathurai on 26 Jun and other survey visits to Semakau *status as indicated by Subaraj Rajathurai

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