Population Records for Urban Birds in Singapore and Growth Rates for Pigeons, Sparrows, Mynas and Crows from 1980 to 2025

Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim asked the Minister for National Development (a) whether NParks maintains a record of the population of urban birds in Singapore; and (b) if so, what has been the rate of growth in the population of (i) pigeons (ii) sparrows (iii) mynas and (iv) crows, between 1980 and 2000, and 2000 and 2025.

The National Parks Board tracks the population of pest birds, such as pigeons, mynas and crows, in Singapore. Their annualised population growth rates of these bird species from 2000 to 2024 are shown in Table 1 below. Population studies prior to 2000 were conducted using fewer samples and different methodologies, limiting comparability with more recent studies.