Singapore Area Guided Birding

privately guided birding trips on request

Singapore Birding Tours

350 species of birds are found in an area of just 650 square kilometres making Singapore an ideal place to start learning about the fascinating birds (culture and food!) of Asia. Although highly urbanised, the excellent network of roads makes access to the major birding sites a breeze. There are hotels of all sorts to suit your pocket and no need whatsoever to rough it out in the wilds. The weather is tropical, which means it is usually warm (26-34 degrees Celsius), humid and sunny throughout the year except for the occasional thunderstorm.

Singapore offers good birding throughout the year but is best between August and April when the migrants, mostly from the Palearctic, are in, together with the resident birds so birding is most exciting at this time.

Birdwatching Tour in Singapore

Imagine seeing Oriental specialities such as Red-crowned Barbet, Banded Woodpecker, Asian Fairy-bluebird, Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and Crimson Sunbird sharing the same habitat as migrants from Siberia like Asian Brown Flycatcher, Arctic Warbler and Daurian Starling. And that’s just the morning.

In the afternoon, take a sampan (local boat) to Ubin Island and hunt for the local attractions like Red Junglefowl, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Laced Woodpecker, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Straw-headed Bulbul, Mangrove Pitta and Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker. Enjoy the terns (Great Crested, Lesser Crested, Black-naped and White-winged) on the way back to the mainland.

Why not extend your stay to include a visit to the ancient rainforests of Malaysia? Well within reach (a two hour car journey across the causeway) Panti Forest reserve in Malaysia is a great day out! 

Contact us now to arrange your privately guided Singapore birdwatching tour.

Birdlife in Singapore

  • Striated, Grey, Purple Heron
  • Changeable Hawk-Eagle, Grey-headed Fish-eagle, Black Baza
  • Pink-necked Green Pigeon, Violet Cuckoo
  • Sunda Scops Owl, Buffy Fish Owl, Spotted Wood Owl
  • Asian Palm Swift, Oriental Dollarbird
  • Stork-billed, White-throated, Collared Kingfisher
  • Oriental Pied Hornbill, Lineated Barbet
  • Sunda Pygmy, Banded, Laced Woodpecker
  • Blue-rumped Parrot, Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
  • Common Iora, Black-naped Oriole
  • 6+ sp of Bulbul, 4 sp of Tailorbird, 3+ sp of Leafbird, 3+ sp of Flowerpecker
  • White-rumped Shama, Asian Fairy Bluebird
  • Oriental White-eye, Crimson Sunbird

Singapore Birdwatching

Surprisingly, Singapore harbours an unexpected variety of birding habitats. Not surprisingly, early mornings, as always, are best.

Whether you are passing through with half or one day to spare, or staying up to a week, Singapore offers the adventurous birder the chance to see, without too much hassle, some of the most exciting birds in Asia whilst letting you enjoy the culture, food and sights of the country too.

A guided birding tour around Singapore is the best way to find most, if not all, of the area’s sought-after species. Let us arrange customised private guiding starting from your accommodation in Singapore: our guides have accompanied countless birdwatchers during more than twenty years.

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