Bird Ringing at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve

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Vol 10 No 1
Feb 2004

A journey
through 2003

Experience of
a lifetime

International Shorebirds Experts meet

Bird RInging in the Reserve 2002

Birds in the Wetland Reserves

An Uncensored Census at Sungei Buloh

Kranji Nature Trail
A green corridor

Protected Area Wetland Management Course 6-15 Nov

Sungei Buloh
10th Anniversary Celebration

Nature and me

Bird Ringing
in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2002

James Gan
senior conservation officer

Main article | Table 1 (summary) | Table 2 (longevity)

Table 1: Summary of individual birds ringed
at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in 2002
(recaptures or recoveries for bird ringed before 2002 in backets)

	Species	Ringed 2000	Recapture pre-2000	Ringed 2001	Recapture pre-2001	Ringed 2003	Recapture pre-2002
1	Abbott’s Babbler	2		2	1	3
2	Arctic Warbler	3		2		0
3	Ashy Tailorbird	20	1	18	2	19	4
4	Asian Brown Flycatcher	2		0		0
5	Asian Dowitcher	1		0		0
6	Asian Glossy Starling	53	1	18		23	1
7	Asian Koel	2		1		0
8	Asian Paradise Flycatcher	0		1		1
9	Baya Weaver	60		22	3	23
10	Black Bittern	5		3	1	4	1
11	Black-browed Reed Warbler	1		0		0
12	Black-capped Kingfisher	6		3	1	4	1
13	Black-naped Oriole	5		2		2
14	Black-tailed Godwit	1		0		0
15	Blue Magpie	1		0		0
16	Blue-eared Kingfisher	0		0		1
17	Blue-tailed Bee-eater	3		1		0
18	Blue-throated Bee-eater	6		2		6
19	Brown Shrike	4		7		1	1
20	Brown-chested Jungle-Flycatcher	0		0		1
21	Chestnut Munia	2		0		0
22	Chestnut-winged Cuckoo	4		2		0
23	Cinnamon Bittern	5		0		2
24	Cinnamon-headed Pigeon	1		0		0
25	Collared Kingfisher	43	8	48	12	32	16
26	Collared Scops Owl	5	1	5	2	3	4
27	Common Flameback	1	1	2		3	3
28	Common Greenshank	0		2		1
29	Common Iora	6		5	1	4
30	Common Kingfisher	15		13		4	2
31	Common Redshank	263	24	117	21	72	13
32	Common Sandpiper	9	1	17	3	5	3
33	Common Tailorbird	15		14	1	16	3
34	Copper-throated Sunbird	0		1		9	1
35	Crow-billed Drongo	1		0		0
36	Curlew Sandpiper	26		34		9
37	Dark-necked Tailorbird	3		1		0
38	Drongo Cuckoo	1		0		0
39	Emerald Dove	13	1	3	6	2	1
40	Eurasian Curlew	1		0		0
41	Forest Wagtail	0		1		1
42	Greater Sand Plover	1		0		0
43	Grey Heron	0		0		1
44	Grey-tailed Tattler	0		1		0
45	Indian Cuckoo	0		1		0
46	Japanese Sparrowhawk	2		1		0
47	Javan Munia	80		124	3	60	2
48	Laced Woodpecker	4		3	2	3	2
49	Large-tailed Nightjar	1		4	1	4	3
50	Lesser Coucal	1		1		0
51	Little Bronze Cuckoo	1		1		0
52	Marsh Sandpiper	25		58	5	48	3
53	Mongolian Plover	61	2	95	4	10	1
54	Olive-backed Sunbird	1		16	1	4
55	Olive-winged Bulbul	7		9	4	6	1
56	Oriental Magpie Robin	12	1	7	3	9	2
57	Oriental Reed Warbler	2		2		1	1
58	Oriental Scops Owl	1		0		0
59	Pacific Golden Plover	27	1	85	2	52	8
60	Pacific Swallow	7		3		0
61	Pallas’ Grasshopper Warbler	0		2		0
62	Pied Fantail	10	1	9	2	6	2
63	Pied Triller	1		1		0
64	Pink-necked Pigeon	8		3		2
65	Pintail Snipe	0		1		0
66	Plain-throated Sunbird	73	4	47	14	36	3
67	Red-legged Crake	1		0		0
68	Red-necked Stint	0		0		1
69	Ruddy Kingfisher	1		1		0
70	Ruddy Turnstone	0		1		0
71	Rufous Woodpecker	0		2		0
72	Rufous-tailed Tailorbird	15		10	3	8	1
73	Rusty-breasted Cuckoo	1		0		2
74	Scaly-breasted Munia	45		49		23
75	Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker	1		2		0
76	Siberian Blue Robin	3		0		1
77	Slaty-breasted Rail	1		0		0
78	Spotted Dove	3		1		1
79	Stork-billed Kingfisher	9		6	4	6	2
80	Streaked Bulbul	0		0		1
81	Striated Heron	9		6	4	3
82	Striped Tit Babbler	0		0		3
83	Terek Sandpiper	16		1		2	0
84	Tiger Shrike	16		8		4
85	Watercock	1		0		0
86	Whimbrel	13		27		6
87	White-breasted Waterhen	5	1	11	1	0
88	White-browed Crake	1		2		0
89	White-chested Babbler	0	1	0		0
90	White-headed Munia	0		1		0
91	White-rumped Shama	0		0		1
92	White-throated Kingfisher	10		10	1	5	1
93	Yellow Bittern	17		10	3	5	1
94	Yellow-bellied Prinia	3	1	3	2	5	4
95	Yellow-rumped Flycatcher	5		2		4
96	Yellow-vented Bulbul	60	3	22	11	20	8
97	Zebra Dove	6		6		3
	TOTAL	1156	54	1003	124	595	99

Corrections to Bird Ringing in SBWR in 2001 Report:
The total number of birds ringed should be 1003 and not 1007.
1 Pintail Snipe was ringed in 2001, no Pintail Snipe were recaptured pre-2000.

Note: Several names of birds have been updated in this report
Emerald Dove replaces Green-winged Pigeon; Striated Heron replaces Little Heron; Oriental Magpie Robin replaces Magpie Robin; Zebra Dove replaces Peaceful Dove; Plain-throated Sunbird replaces Brown-throated sunbird; Asian Koel replaces Common Koel; Pallas’ Grasshopper Warbler replaces Pallas’ Warbler; Red-necked Stint replaces Rufous-necked Stint.