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Bantering Parrots

  • March 11, 2009
  • Rated 5 of 5 by SeenThat from Tel Aviv, Israel
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Jurong BirdPark is largest birds’ park in Asia, occupying more than twenty hectares; inaugurated in 1971, it shares the open-space concept of Singapore’s zoo and night safari parks.

The collection includes more than eight-thousand birds from six-hundred species, most of them from Southeast Asia.

Four walk-in aviaries form the park, among which is the world’s largest walk-in aviary with the tallest man-made waterfall. Beyond that it offers shows; detailed information about the extensive shows is supplied at the entrance. The exhibits and aviaries closely resemble the natural habitats of the birds.

Access

Reach the MRT Boon Lay Station and transfer to bus number 194 or 251.

The Bus Hub Service reaches the park from the city, a one-way trip costs S$4 for an adult and half that for a child. The pickup times and locations are available at www.bushub.com.sg. There are also direct connections to the zoo and night safari. City Tours offers a door-to-door service from the hotels in downtown; details can be found at www.citytours.sg.

Adults pay S$18.00 as an entrance fee and S$5.00 for the Panorail Ride, (children pay half of all the fees mentioned in this review).

Since Wildlife Reserves Singapore is the parent company of the zoo, the Night Safari and the Jurong Bird Park (all of them reviewed in this journal), special tickets valid for one month and combining the attractions exist:

3-in-1: S$40.00 for adults.
2-in-1: Any two of the three parks, S$30.00 for adults.

The park is open daily from 8:30 AM to 6 PM, tickets are sold until 5:30 PM and the Panorail is active until 5:45 PM

Touring Jurong BirdPark



African Waterfall Aviary

The largest aviary in the park – and in the world - is dedicated to the African Tropical Rainforest; its height reaches an awesome 35 meters, like a 13-floors building. The setup includes typical huts, jars, warriors, snakes, African flora, an artificial waterfall and – of course – African birds. A simulated mist is created to complete the illusion of being in a rainforest. The area can be reached by foot or with the help of the Panorail, which is much more impressive.

Yellow and black lovebirds can be watched on hanging coconuts next to the entrance, while on way to the nearby Suspended Bridge bird feeders allow watching birds like starlings and whydahs, in a true feast of color. The bridge displays the usual geometric patterns of African art and allows a panoramic view of the valley-like aviary and the world’s highest waterfall in an aviary. African Crowned Cranes usually drink water from the waterfall’s top. An African hut is next to the bridge, creating a picture typical of a central African rainforest.

Overall, the aviary hosts fifty species and over fifteen hundred birds, including starlings, turacos, carmine bee-eaters, rollers, red and yellow barbets, whydahs, parrots, white-faced tree ducks, helmeted Guinea fowls, South African crowned cranes, Egyptian geese and others.

African Wetlands

The African Wetlands Exhibit was inspired by the St. Lucia Wetlands in South Africa and includes shoebills, African crown cranes, the great white pelican, saddle-billed storks, blue cranes, white-faced tree ducks, white-breasted cormorants, crested Guinea fowls and others.

Dinosaur Descendants - The Flightless Birds

In this area, four huts provide the visitors with interactive exhibitions of ostriches, their feathers and eggs. Nearby, a Dino Dig allows children to experience archaeological diggings and discover fossils and relics amidst the sands.

The Elephant Birds Eggs (considered the world’s largest birds and extinct now), the Cassowary’s Casque, the Double-Wattled Cassowary, the Greater and Common Rheas, the Emus and other flightless birds exhibits are also displayed here.

Hornbills and Toucans Exhibit

This exhibit houses the world’s largest collection of Southeast Asian hornbills and a wide variety of South American Toucans, with 25 aviaries simulating the birds’ natural habitat. The hornbills being an endangered species, they are part of the park’s preservation efforts.

Jungle Jewels

Jungle Jewels re-creates a South American rainforest, the world’s richest and most diverse birds’ habitat. On the exhibit its treetops and taller plants fruit-eaters like the tanagers and contingas can be seen. Yellow hooded blackbirds, red-billed tanagers, red-crested cardinals and many others fill this space that includes a 14 meters tall Flight Gallery, where these can be watched.

Asia's First Heliconia Repository

Heliconias are tropical flowering plants best known for their exotic blooms, and have been successfully introduced to the park that features many other exotic plants. In 1989, the Heliconia Society International designated the Jurong BirdPark as an official collection center, making it the first in Asia. Nowadays the park has 167 species of heliconias.

Lory Loft

The world’s largest Lory Flight Aviary is probably the most colorful part of the park; red, yellow, green and blue feathers compete for the visitors’ attention. Originating in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, the lories inhabit here what looks like an Australian rural landscape complete with a windmill and bushmen hut. At the two-tiered central feeding tower, visitors can hand-feed the birds.

Parrot Paradise

Continuing the alliterations mood, the 32 aviaries in this exhibit include some of the rarest types of parrots. The aviaries include tropical rainforest, grasslands, semi-desserts, riverbanks, and rocky cliffs habitats. Many of the species here are endangered and are part of a preservation effort.

Some of the endangered species – like the hyacinth macaw and the blue throated macaw are native from Bolivia; from the last only 50 to 250 birds are left in the wild.

Royal Ramble

Crowned Pigeons – the world’s largest pigeons - can be enjoyed within three aviaries housing the three different species, namely the Common Crowned Pigeon, the Victoria Crowned Pigeon and the Scheepmaker’s Crowned Pigeon. Strangely, they are endangered due to their tasty meat; the park is part of the efforts to save these species.

Pelican Cove

In this aviary is the world's most complete collection of pelicans, including all of its seven species. It includes the world’s first underwater viewing gallery for pelicans, where they can be watch diving for their fish during feeding time

Penguin Expedition

Sitting practically on the Equator Line, Singapore is not the first place one would search for penguins; yet, here they are. The five species on exhibit are the Humboldt, the Rockhopper, the Macaroni, the Fairy and the King Penguin. The pools are cooled down to 16 degrees Celsius, and feature a landscape of rocks, cliffs, nesting alcoves and burrows.

Southeast Asian Birds Aviary

260 species out of the roughly thousand native bird species from Southeast Asia can be see here. The exhibit concentrates on about a hundred endangered species like the Bali Mynah Blue-Winged Pitta and the Baya Weaver Blue-winged Leafbird. Every day at noon, the visitors can experience a tropical thunderstorm; the rain falls in away from the visitors’ walkway.

Swan Lake

Next to the Pelican Cove, the Swan Lake houses the Black-necked Swan, Black Swan and the Mute Swan.

The Riverine

The Riverine is a freshwater river habitat featuring waterfowl, fishes and turtles. It houses of more than twenty duck species, which can be watched through an 11 meter wide glass-viewing gallery.

Window on Paradise

A 40m long tree-top level walkway which offers an unobtrusive view of the Birds of Paradise; there is no wire mesh separating the visitor from the birds, thus the views are breathtaking. A secondary walkthrough is on the ground level; thus the various birds living habits can be watched.

World of Darkness

The exhibit uses a reversed lighting technique which transforms day to night and vice versa, allowing seeing night-active creatures during the daylight hours. The exhibit includes mainly owls.

Worth the Flight

Jurong BirdPark was the first such a park I visited; it was attractive enough to justify the flight to Singapore.

From journal Singapore's Singas

Jurong Bird Park

  • December 2, 2005
  • Rated 4 of 5 by sjv123 from Mumbai, India
Jurong Bird Park

The Jurong Bird Park is the largest of its kind in Asia Pacific Region with more than 8000 birds and more than 600 species on show. There are some magnificent shows like the All Star Bird Show, Bird of Prey Show, Penguin Parade, World Of Darkness, Pelican Cove, and the newly started Lary Loft which at 3000 square meters and about 9 storeys high is the world's largest walk-in Lary flight aviary with over 1000 free flying lories. You have to carry with you a special nectar mix & the birds will flock to you.

From journal Scintillating Singapore

Editor Pick

Jurong Bird Park

  • April 16, 2004
  • Rated 5 of 5 by phileasfogg from New Delhi, India
Jurong Bird Park

Jurong Bird Park is one of those ‘not-to-be-missed’ sights in Singapore: everybody goes there, and although it’s primarily a children’s attraction, even adults can have a great time here (well, we did, at least!). It’s a lot of fun, and really quite spectacular- a huge spread of 50 acres of parkland, in places almost as thick as a rainforest- teeming with birds. The park has all of about 8,000 birds, of 600 species. There are separate areas for flamingos, hornbills, toucans, parrots and macaws, cranes, spoonbills, storks, birds of prey, and more- an ornithologist’s dream come true!

We spent a decent four hours or so in the park, walking through it all- among the sections we liked the most were the World of Darkness (a special on nocturnal birds) and the Southeast Asian Rainforest (where there’s a thunderstorm every noon- we managed to get there in time for it, even though it’s really more a misty little drizzle rather than a storm). The Southeast Asian Rainforest is a huge enclosure, with wire mesh all around and plenty of greenery inside- and what’s best is that the birds wander about freely. We fed some birds- the lovely blue Victorian Crowned Pheasants, especially, though stunning, turned out to be shamelessly persistent when it came to begging for birdfeed.

After the Southeast Asian Rainforest, we went through the Waterfall Aviary, with a 100-foot-high waterfall, the highest artificial one in the world. In it are a huge number of fascinating birds- gloriously colourful macaws, Caribbean flamingos, and the scarlet ibis included (the interesting thing about these gorgeous birds is the fact that the colour of their plumage depends upon certain pigments in the bodies of the crustaceans they eat- the more, the brighter).

By the time we’d finished with the Waterfall Aviary, the Southeast Asian Rainforest and the World of Darkness, it was time for a break- which we took at about 10:30am, when we stopped off at a small outdoor ‘stage’ where bird shows are held. We saw part of the first one, the Fuji Hawk Walk, a performance showcasing birds of prey, especially hawks; and we saw all of the second performance, the All Stars bird show, which features birds- mainly macaws and cockatoos- doing everything from stunning nosedives and exquisite mimicry to neat little games akin to basketball. Both shows were good fun, and gave us time for a breather before we went on to the next part of our Jurong experience- a guided tour on the Panorail (the Thai Airways-sponsored monorail which runs through Jurong).

On the whole, a must-see: great if you’ve got kids along, and still a rewarding way to spend time even if you haven’t.

From journal Singapore: Fun All the Way

Jurong Bird Park

  • February 24, 2004
  • Rated 4 of 5 by Rattie from Perth, Australia
Jurong Bird Park houses birds from around the world in a beautifully landscaped environment. This is a great place to escape from the bustle of the city.

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