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Jurong Bird Park was an aviary and tourist attraction in Jurong, Singapore between 1971 and 2023. The largest such bird park in Asia, [ 3 ] it covered an area of 0.2 square kilometres (49 acres) on the western slope of Jurong Hill , the highest point in the Jurong region.
Bird Paradise is an aviary located in Mandai, Singapore. Opened on 8 May 2023, it replaced the Jurong Bird Park and forms a part of the Mandai Wildlife Reserve , consisting of the Singapore Zoo , Night Safari , River Wonders and the upcoming Rainforest Wild Park.
Founded as Wildlife Reserves Singapore in 2000, Wildlife Reserves Singapore was renamed to Mandai Wildlife Group as part of a corporate rebranding on 13 October 2021. [4] In addition, the River Safari was renamed River Wonders, while the Jurong Bird Park was relocated and renamed to Bird Paradise .
River Wonders, formerly known as River Safari, is a river-themed zoo and aquarium located in Mandai, Singapore, it forms a part of the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, consisting of the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Bird Paradise and the upcoming Rainforest Wild Park.
The Singapore River underwent a major cleanup program and the areas along the river were developed for restaurants and other tourist amenities. On 7 October 1997, the parliament passed the Tourist Promotion Board (Amendment) Bill to rename the STPB to Singapore Tourism Board. [8] On 19 November 1997, STPB was renamed as Singapore Tourism Board. [9]
The Central Catchment Nature Reserve [a] (CCNR) is the largest nature reserve in Singapore, occupying 2880 hectares. [2] Forming a large green lung in the geographical centre of the city, it houses several recreational sites, including the Singapore Zoo, the Night Safari and the River Safari, as well as several newer facilities built to encourage public appreciation of the reserve, such as the ...
A monthly in-house newsletter, Singapore Avifauna, was started to record bird sightings and an updated checklist of birds was published. In 1992 the group published a book on locally extinct birds, [27] a field guide in 1997, [28] and a pocket checklist in 2007. [29] In 2009 The Avifauna of Singapore was published. [30]
Bird park may refer to: Aviary, an enclosure for containing birds; Bird park, a zoo for birds; Bali Bird Park, Bali, Indonesia; Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park, Nantou, Taiwan; Francis William Bird Park, Massachusetts, United States; Jurong Bird Park, Singapore - the largest in terms of bird numbers. Kuala Lumpur Bird Park, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia