Free field guide to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

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A free printable field guide to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve covers 4 mammals and 250 birds in taxonomic order, with photos for 254 species and a tick-box checklist. It downloads as a PDF (A5 pocket size) or EPUB e-book. You choose the animal groups; the book is built in your browser in under a minute.

Inside the guide

Little Egret

Collared Kingfisher

Gray Heron

House Crow

Common Redshank

Ashy Tailorbird

Black-naped Oriole

Common Sandpiper

How to make your Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve field guide

1. Open the field guide builder (Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve is already selected).
2. Pick animal groups: mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians (reptiles and amphibians come from a 20 km grid around the area).
3. Choose pocket or full size, then save as PDF or download the EPUB.

Checklist: mammals of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (4)

Sciuridae

• Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus

Pteropodidae

• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis

Canidae

• Gray Wolf Canis lupus

Viverridae

• Philippine Palm Civet Paradoxurus philippinensis

Checklist: birds of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (250)

Anatidae

• Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope

Phasianidae

• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus

Cuculidae

• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
• Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
• Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
• Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
• Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
• Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
• Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
• Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus

Columbidae

• Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
• Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia
• Asian Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Thick-billed Green-Pigeon Treron curvirostra
• Pink-necked Green-Pigeon Treron vernans
• Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
• Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor
• Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea
• Jambu Fruit-Dove Ramphiculus jambu

Rallidae

• Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
• Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
• White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
• Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
• Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca

Recurvirostridae

• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Charadriidae

• Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Gray-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
• Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
• Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
• Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus

Scolopacidae

• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
• Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
• Sanderling Calidris alba

Glareolidae

• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

Laridae

• Little Tern Sternula albifrons
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
• Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
• Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Ciconiidae

• Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
• Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
• Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
• Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala

Sulidae

• Brown Booby Sula leucogaster

Anhingidae

• Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster

Phalacrocoracidae

• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Threskiornithidae

• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus
• African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

Pelecanidae

• Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis

Ardeidae

• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
• Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
• Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Striated Heron Butorides striata
• Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
• Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
• Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Gray Heron Ardea cinerea

Caprimulgidae

• Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
• Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis

Hemiprocnidae

• Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis

Apodidae

• House Swift Apus nipalensis
• Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
• Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
• Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
• White-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus

Tytonidae

• Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica

Strigidae

• Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
• Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia
• Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu
• Spotted Wood-Owl Strix seloputo

Pandionidae

• Osprey Pandion haliaetus

Accipitridae

• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
• Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
• Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
• Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
• Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
• Gray-headed Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

Bucerotidae

• Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
• Oriental Pied-Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

Coraciidae

• Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis

Meropidae

• Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
• Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus

Alcedinidae

• Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
• Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
• Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
• Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
• White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
• Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris

Megalaimidae

• Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
• Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
• Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus

Picidae

• Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
• Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
• Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus
• Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
• Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis

Falconidae

• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus

Cacatuidae

• Tanimbar Corella Cacatua goffiniana

Psittaculidae

• Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
• Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
• Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot Loriculus galgulus
• Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus

Eurylaimidae

• Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos

Pittidae

• Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
• Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha

Acanthizidae

• Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea

Campephagidae

• Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
• Pied Triller Lalage nigra

Aegithinidae

• Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

Oriolidae

• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis

Pachycephalidae

• Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea

Rhipiduridae

• Malaysian Pied-Fantail Rhipidura javanica

Dicruridae

• Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

Monarchidae

• Black Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
• Indian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

Laniidae

• Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

Corvidae

• Red-billed Blue-Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
• House Crow Corvus splendens
• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

Cisticolidae

• Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
• Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
• Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
• Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
• Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Acrocephalidae

• Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis

Locustellidae

• Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola

Hirundinidae

• Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
• Tahiti Swallow Hirundo tahitica
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Phylloscopidae

• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
• Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis

Pycnonotidae

• Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
• Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
• Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
• Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
• Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
• Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
• Cinereous Bulbul Hemixos cinereus

Zosteropidae

• Swinhoe's White-eye Zosterops simplex

Timaliidae

• Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
• Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum

Pellorneidae

• Short-tailed Babbler Pellorneum malaccense
• White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
• Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti

Leiothrichidae

• White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus

Sturnidae

• Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
• Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
• White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus

Muscicapidae

• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
• White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni
• Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis brunneatus
• Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki

Dicaeidae

• Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum

Nectariniidae

• Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
• Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
• Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
• Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
• Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
• Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
• Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis

Irenidae

• Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella

Ploceidae

• Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
• Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
• Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni

Estrildidae

• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
• Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides
• Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
• White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
• Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild

Passeridae

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

Motacillidae

• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
• Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus

More about the wildlife here: Wildlife of Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Order follows AviList (birds) and the Mammal Diversity Database (mammals).

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.