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Seletar Dam
153 species and 10,359 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–September, with up to 73 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Striated HeronButorides striata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
House CrowCorvus splendens
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
Common TernSterna hirundo
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Great-billed HeronArdea sumatrana
Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Seletar End / Piccadilly2 km126 species
- Hampstead Wetlands Park2 km134 species
- Pulau Punggol2 km199 species
- Sengkang Riverside Park and Sengkang Floating Wetland4 km111 species
- Punggol Waterway Park5 km107 species
- Springleaf Nature Park6 km127 species
All 153 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Seletar Dam?
August–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 73 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Seletar Dam?
153 species, from 10,359 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Seletar Dam in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Common Sandpiper, Striated Heron, Grey Heron and House Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.