White-chested Babbler
Upper Seletar Reservoir Park (USRP) inc. Mandai Road Track 7 / Nee Soon Swamp Forest

18 May 2003

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General details

Species	White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
Record ID	1223
Date	18 May 2003
Location	Upper Seletar Reservoir Park (USRP) inc. Mandai Road Track 7 / Nee Soon Swamp Forest
Count	1 individual
Date added	05 Jan 2022

This is one of 74 accepted records of White-chested Babbler in our database.

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Record accepted.

Committee's view

Background	No descriptions in SINAV 17:2
Verdict	Accepted / Wild (Unverifiable)

References (see all)

References	SINAV 17:2

Revisions to this record

Date revised	Changes made
11 Jan 2024	English name updated from White-chested Babbler to Malayan Swamp Babbler, per IOC 14.1
16 Jul 2025	English name updated from Malayan Swamp Babbler to White-chested Babbler, per IOC AviList v2025

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Bird Society of Singapore. (2022). Record 1223: White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum. Retrieved August 19, 2025, from https://records.singaporebirds.com/record/1223/.