Jurong Bird Park

Jurong Bird Park
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1°19′05″N 103°42′26″E / 1.31806°N 103.70722°E / 1.31806; 103.70722
Date opened3 January 1971; 53 years ago (1971-01-03)
Date closed3 January 2023; 20 months ago (2023-01-03) (succeeded by Bird Paradise)
LocationJurong, Singapore
2 Jurong Hill, Singapore 628925
Land area20.2 ha (50 acres)
No. of animals5000[1]
No. of species400[1]
Annual visitors768,933 (FY 2019/20)[2]
OwnerMandai Wildlife Reserve
Public transit accessBus transport 194
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Websitewww.mandai.com/en/bird-paradise.html Edit this at Wikidata

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. It was one of the parks managed by Mandai Wildlife Reserve, which are also the managers of Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and River Wonders.

In 2016, the Mandai Wildlife Group announced that the Jurong Bird Park would be relocated to a much larger park at Mandai Lake Road by 2020, consolidating with the three existing wildlife parks together with a new Rainforest Park to form an integrated nature and wildlife precinct known as the Mandai Wildlife Reserve.[4][5] In 2021, the group announced that the park's successor in Mandai would be named Bird Paradise.[6] In 2022, it was announced that Jurong Bird Park would close on 3 January 2023 to finalise its move to Bird Paradise at Mandai.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b "Park experience". Jurong Bird Park. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  2. ^ "WRS Yearbook 2018/2019" (PDF). Wildlife Reserves Singapore. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  3. ^ Hamzah, Firdaus (30 August 2022). "Jurong Bird Park: Key milestones of the iconic Singapore attraction". CNA. Archived from the original on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Mandai Area Set for Major Redevelopment". Today. 5 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Mandai nature precinct will house two new wildlife parks". Channel NewsAsia. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  6. ^ "River Safari, Jurong Bird Park renamed in Mandai Wildlife Group rebranding". TODAYonline. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. ^ Auto, Hermes (30 August 2022). "1971-2023: Jurong Bird Park's last day of operations was on Jan 3 2022 as it prepares to move to Mandai". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Rain fails to dampen spirits on Jurong Bird Park's last day of operations". CNA. 4 January 2023. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.