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Wildlife of Ubin

Ubin is a treasure house of wild plants and animals. Some of these are rarely seen on the mainland, but are still common on Ubin. Some highlights include:

Otters have been spotted on Ubin!

Monkeys (Long-tailed macaques) are also still present on the island. Although most are shy, one has recently taken up residence at Ubin Town.

Several hornbills are resident on Ubin. This fantastic bird is no longer regularly seen on the mainland.


Straw-headed bulbul a wondrous song bird that is endangered by trapping for the caged bird trade. Still commonly heard on Ubin, this bird not common on the mainland.

Red junglefowl the wild ancestor of our domesticated chickens still roam the wild places of Ubin.

Wild boar these creatures are abundant on Ubin, probably due to the elimination of predators that used to keep their numbers in check. The most famous wild boar is of course Priscilla of Chek Jawa. Unfortunately, she died in 2004.

Smooth otter photo by MPhil

Other more ilusive creatures sometimes sighted off Ubin are dugongs and dolphins.

In the past tapirs lived on Ubin, and the island has been visited by elephants swimming over from Johor in 1990.

There were also rumours of a tiger on Ubin in 1997.

Share your findings! If you spotted any interesting wildlife, do leave a record of it in the NParks Sightings Record Book at the NParks Info Kiosk on Ubin, right next to the Ubin Jetty.

Or share them with groups trying to develop records. For vertebrates, you may also send your sightings to Kwok Wai who runs the Wildlife Singapore website on non-bird vertebrates of Singapore.

Seen a pangolin? Seen roadkills or live pangolins on Ubin?
pls email Norman asap g0403021@nus.edu.sg
what is a pangolin?
who is Norman?
why is this study important?
Ubin is also home to some magnificent trees, many of which are worthy of Heritage Tree status.
Giant mangrove tree photo by KP Tan

Gallery of Ubin flora and fauna

Back to exploring Ubin


Links

Plants
Animals
Other wildlife events/issues
  • Pulau Ubin: The Last Wild Frontier about the elephant that crossed the Straits of Johor to land on Ubin on Pulau Ubin Special in Nature Watch, Jul-Sep 1995, Nature Watch is a magazine of the Nature Society (Singapore)
  • It's a zoo out there on November's Pulau Ubin Stories blog: November's family used to stay on Ubin and she shares her stories about tapirs, wild boars and other fantastic animals found on Ubin.
  • The Ubin Tiger - April 1997 on November's Pulau Ubin Stories blog: "Tiger Talk Taken Seriously By Singapore Authorities" Reuters World Service 29 April 1997
References
  • Chua Ee Kiam, Pulau Ubin: Ours to Treasure, Simply Green, 2000
 


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