Vol. 19 No. 5

Date of publication: 16 January 2024.

CONTENTS

Identification of Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus and its status in Gujarat and peninsular India
Prasad Ganpule

Ranging behaviour of the Indian Eagle-Owl Bubo bengalensis in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu, India
A. Muthusamy, T. Siva & P. Neelanarayanan

Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India and the South Asian region—2024
Praveen J & Rajah Jayapal

Correspondence
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis from Maharashtra, India
Jayesh Vishwakarma & Akash Mhadgut

A male Whinchat Saxicola rubetra from Kodagu District – A new species for Karnataka, India
Chethan C M & Harshita Prakash

The Tytler’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tytleri from Gurugram: An addition to the checklist of Haryana
Mamta Muttreja, Nikhil Devasar & Kavi Nanda

A summer record of Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris from Zunheboto, Nagaland
Bhaskar Bora, Ninoto P. Aye & Jaydev Mandal

A Grey Heron Ardea cinerea preying on a mugger Crocodylus palustris hatchling
Pinkesh Tanna, Raju Vyas & Devvratsinh Mori

The predation strategies used by House Crows Corvus splendens for hunting Streak-throated Swallows Petrochelidon fluvicola
Manohar Pawar & Anil Sarsawan

Scaly-breasted Munias Lochura punctulata extracting material from feral dog scat
Leons Mathew Abraham & Taniya Talwar

 

Vol. 19 No. 4

Date of publication: 20 December 2023.

CONTENTS

Nesting biology of the Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis in Tamil Nadu, India
M. Pandian

Breeding of Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh and its status in the state
C. Abhinav & Harnam Singh

Correspondence

The Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus in Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian avifauna
Ravi Mekola, Saurav Halder, Rahul Baruah, Subhra Pakhira & Eeyechi Lamo

Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis and Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa from Himachal Pradesh: Additions to the avifauna of the state
C. Abhinav, Virender Sharma, Himanshu C & Ankush Dhiman

The Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis at Wular Lake, Kashmir
Parvaiz Yousuf , Semran Parvaiz, Bilal N. Zargar, Rouf Rather, Showkat Maqbool, Mudasir M. Malik

Changeable Hawk Eagles Nisaetus cirrhatus nesting in association with Dwarf Honey Bees Apis florea
Rajat Chordia, Dharam Veer Singh Jodha & Anup Ranade

A Brown Rock Chat Oenanthe fusca feeding moss Polytrichum sp. to nestlings
Anil Kumar Sharma & Anil Kumar Tripathi

Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus nest in a power transformer
Gurpartap Singh & Charn Kumar

An accidental death of a Critically Endangered White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis
Ram Prakash Saran, Ramesh Choudhary, Manish Joshi, Ashok Panchal

Colour aberration in the Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus from Pawalgarh Conservation Reserve, Uttarakhand
Sarabjeet Kaur, Govindan Veeraswami Gopi & Virendra Prasad Uniyal

A Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida from Buhchangphai, Mizoram
Christopher J.Z. Lawlor, Hmar Lalthanzara, Zoramkhuma, Thanliana Hauhnar & Carter Lalchhuanmawia

Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis in Jammu and Kashmir
Hafizullah Sofi & Ansar Ahmad

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus from Malda, West Bengal
Samiran Jha, Subhasish Sengupta, Sudipta Ray & Sayanta Basak

Legge’s Hawk Eagle Spizaetus kelaarti from the Ritigala Forest Reserve of Sri Lanka
Athula Somasiri, Shashi Madhushanka, Gayan Pradeep & Nilantha Kodithuwakku

Amur Falcon Falco amurensis from Kewzing, South Sikkim, India
Utpal Sarma, Urgen Tamang & Chewang R Bonpo

Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura from Shillong, Meghalaya
Adil Farhan Nongbri & Anwaruddin Choudhury

The Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia from Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir
Ab Qayoom Sofi

An exhausted juvenile Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus at Yeshwant Sagar Lake, Indore
Ajay Gadikar & Neel Gadikar

Reports of White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis from Palamau Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand, India
Arshyaan Shahid, Shahzada Iqbal, Rohan Desai, Prajesh Kanta Jena & Orus Ilyas

Some significant records from Kashmir Valley
Wasim Bhatt & C. Abhinav

A Eurasian Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus in Koliapani Grassland, Tinsukia, Assam: An addition to avifauna of north-eastern India
Palash Phukan, Tomal Gogoi, Rofikul Islam, Manash Pratim, Binanda Hatiboruah

Another spring record of Tristram’s Bunting Emberiza tristrami from Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh
Kavi Nanda & Palash Phukan

Editorial
Aasheesh Pittie

 

Vol. 19 No. 3

Date of publication: 27 October 2023.

CONTENTS

Rapid decline of waterbirds in urban wetlands: A case study from Perur-Sundakamuthur Lake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Parameswaran, R. Sivashankar & Vridhi. R.

Population trend of a Critically Endangered Indian Vulture Gyps indicus colony in the Kanha-Achanakmar corridor, Central India
Fergus Mark Anthony & Malvika Colvin

The Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus from Ladakh, India: An addition to the South Asian avifauna
Padma Gyalpo, Tashi Angchok Stanba, Stanzin Chamba, Rigzin Norboo, Mudassir Ahmad Mir, Ali Akbar, Stanzin Yountan & Mirza Hussain

Correspondence

An Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris provisioning at the nest, and depredating eggs and nestlings of Indian Grey Hornbills Ocyceros birostris
Jagdeep Singh, Amandeep Singh, Armanjot Singh & Onkar Singh Brraich

Sightings of the Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris in Jawai, Rajasthan, India
Arvind Singh Rathore & Praveen Singh

Observations of Changeable Hawk Eagles Nisaetus cirrhatus predating on Oriental Pied Hornbills Anthracoceros albirostris
Tarun Singh, Naresh Lodhi, Mudit Gupta

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus sharing nesting trees with honeybees
Prateek Choudhury

Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris from Bihar, India
Ashiq P. P.

Recent records of Long-eared Owl Asio otus from Delhi, India
Altaf Baig, M. Inzamam Baig, Nadeem Shehzad, Mohammad Saud, Nazneen Zehra & Jamal A. Khan

Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India
Pankaj Chibber, Shash Pal & Surinder Paul Sharma

Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe from Dharwad, Karnataka, India
Vaidehi Gunjal & Khushi Jain

Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster and Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India
Pankaj Chibber, Shash Pal, Hemant Kumar & Ajay Kumar

A Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia from the Thar Desert region of Rajasthan, India
Divesh Saini, Anil Vadhan & Partap Singh

Status of the Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia and the Booted Warbler Iduna caligata in the Union Territory of Ladakh, India
Padma Gyalpo

A possible partial-leucistic Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope in Assam
Anwaruddin Choudhury

The White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus: An addition to the avifauna of Jharkhand, India
Partha Sarathi Mondal & Amritesh Kumar

White-browed Bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus from Rajasthan, India
Rakesh Kumar, Kanishka Mehta, Utkarsh Prajapati, Alka Kumari & Vijay Kumar Koli

A large flock of Slender-billed Gulls Chroicocephalus genei from Dhanushkodi, coastal Tamil Nadu
Yogesh Parashar

Book review: Women in the Wild
Pia Sethi

 

Vol. 19 No. 2

Date of publication: 14 August 2023.

CONTENTS

The breeding biology of Legge’s Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti
A.V. Abhijith & A.V. Manoj Kumar

Winter distribution of the Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides in peninsular India
Zain Rana, Vikas Madhav Nagarajan & Ragupathy Kannan

Breeding of the Dusky Eagle Owl Ketupa coromanda in Telangana, and its status in southern India
Sriram Reddy & Gopalakrishna Ramachandran

Correspondence
The Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea off the coast of Mangalore, Karnataka: An addition to the Indian avifauna
Sidharth Srinivasan, Shiva Shankar Manjunatha & Gopalakrishna Anegundi

The Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis in Kalimpong District, West Bengal: An addition to the Indian avifauna
Pramit Kumar Bhattacharyya

A White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus in the Bangladesh Sundarbans: A new species for the country
Saeed H. Sadi, Nathan Goldberg, Josh Beck, Sayam U. Chowdhury, Dipta K. Das, James A. Eaton, Ross Gallardy, Abdullah A. Mubassir, Robiul I. Robi, Puja Sharma, Andrew Spencer, Sahariar R. Tonmoy, Scott Watson

A Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris in Jhanjimukh-Kokilamukh Assam, India
Arun George & S. Jeevith

A Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Gurpartap Singh, Kunal Bamby & Rohit Verma

Pied Wheatears Oenanthe pleschanka migrating through eastern India in 2022: An unusual year
Ravi Mekola, Kalyani Kapdi, Mitali Deb, Suraj Khulal, Nayana Amin, Ratul Haloi, Rohit Jain, Venus Joshi & Kuschel Gurung

Status of the Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus in Punjab, India
Gurpartap Singh, Ranjit Singh Saini & Sanjay Bali

A camera trap for Tiger monitoring captures a female Lesser Florican Sypheotides indicus at Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
Prajakta Hushangabadkar, Krishnan Athi Narayan, Shahebaj Sheikh, Jitendra Ramgaonkar, Nandkishor Kale, Kushagra Pathak, Mahesh Khore, & Bapu Yele

A flock of Yellow-breasted Buntings Emberiza aureola in Majuli Island, Assam
Shyamal Saikia & Parthankar Choudhury

A Whinchat Saxicola rubetra in Chushot Marshes: A new species for Ladakh
T. A. Stanba

A Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus in Surguja, Chhattisgarh
Pratik Thakur

Possible redirected behaviour of a ‘Black Shaheen’ Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus peregrinator
Gurpartap Singh, Ranjit Singh Saini & Chandan Bhardwaj

Blyth’s Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis in southern West Bengal, India
Arajush Payra

A Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Gurpartap Singh & Kunal Bamby

The Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides in the diet of Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
Debarpita Das and Harsha Kumar

 

Vol. 19 No. 1

Date of publication: 5 July 2023.

CONTENTS

Monitoring a nest of Laggar Falcons Falco jugger
Devvratsinh Mori, Raju Vyas & Sunil Kini

Nesting habits of the Red Munia Amandava amandava in Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Pandian

The range of the Brown Hawk Owl Ninox scutulata in northern India—an update
C. Abhinav, Vijay Guleria, Piyush Dogra & Parmil Kumar

Correspondence

Site fidelity in a Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris from the Gulf of Kachchh, western India
Yashodhan Bhatia, Ashish Pankhania, Mehul Bhadania & Dishant Parasharya

An Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum egg in a Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus nest
Mayank Shukla & Shalini Jain

High altitude records of Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina and Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus in the Nepal Himalaya
Rishi Baral, Dhan Kumari Gurung & Som G. C.

Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula from Hokarsar wetland Jammu and Kashmir, India
Hafizullah Sofi

Sightings of multiple individuals of Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus from various parts of Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India
Mahesh Bilaskar

Sykes’s Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis in Rajasthan: Status and distribution
Harkirat Singh Sangha, Sumit Dookia & Dharmendra Khandal

A breeding record of the Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris from Assam, and its status
Leons Mathew Abraham, Apurba Sonowal & Manash P

An Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia from Punjab
Gurpartap Singh

A Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor in western Maharashtra, India
Siddhesh S. Surve, Nathuram G. Kokare & Mrugank Prabhu

Frog in the diet of Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata
Shyamal Saikia & Ankur Hazarika

Reports of melanistic Indian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi from India
Prashant Kumar & N. Balamurugan

The Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna in Patna, Bihar
Ahbar Alam, Gopal Sharma, Md Shahbaz, Mohammad Maaz & Shahla Yasmin

The Status of the Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus, in its range eastwards of Nepal
Asim Giri

An unusually large congregation of Greenish Warblers Phylloscopus trochiloides in Sattal, Uttarakhand, India
Yogesh Parashar & Nikhil Devasar

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus anting with a Spirostreptidan millipede Spinotarsus colosseus
Pathissery John Sarlin, Sancia Morris, Savio Morris, Sandie Morris, Polycarp Joseph & Amal Krishnan S

Book review

The Living Air: The Pleasures of Birds and Birdwatching

 

Vol. 18 No. 6

Date of publication: 2 June 2023.

CONTENTS

Documenting the bird collection in the State Museum, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh, India)
Ameeza Zarrin

Correspondence

Addition of White’s Thrush Zoothera aurea to the South Asian avifauna
Praveen J., Maheswaran, G., Naskar, A., Alam, I., Majumder, A., Rahul Khot, Vithoba Hegde, Paul R. Sweet & Thomas J. Trombone

Some interesting birds from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the re-inclusion of the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes in the India Checklist
Gokulakrishnan Govindarasu, Roshan Kamath & Ding Li Yong

The Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata from the South 24 Parganas District, West Bengal, and a review of its status in mainland India
Priyam Chattopadhyay

Critically Endangered White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis in eastern Arunachal Pradesh: A status update
Samiran Patgiri, Uttam Kumar Sahoo & Bharat Bhushan Bhatt

Austen’s Brown Hornbill Anorrhinus austeni and Beautiful Nuthatch Sitta formosa: Additions to the birds of Meghalaya, with notes on recent records of Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis and Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
Rajkamal Goswami, Aavika Dhanda, & H Lato

 

Vol. 18 No. 5

Date of publication: 13 February 2023.

CONTENTS

Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India and the South Asian region—2023
Praveen J & Rajah Jayapal

Nesting habits of the Tricoloured Munia Lonchura malacca in Veedur Reservoir in Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu, India
M. Pandian

Is the Sand Lark Alaudala raytal krishnakumarsinhji a valid taxon?
Prasad Ganpule & Per Alström

The foothills of the northern Western Ghats serve as a potential stronghold for threatened hornbill species
Pooja Pawar & Vishal Sadekar

Correspondence

The Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus in South Asia–An analysis of museum specimens 
Praveen J., Gopinathan Maheswaran, Anindya Naskar, Imran Alam, Amitava Majumder & Rahul Khot

Hatchling birds in the diet of the Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
Jaswinder S. Waraich & Gurpartap Singh

A leucistic Eurasian Magpie Pica pica in Ladakh, India
Iqbal Ali Khan, Sonam Angmo & Anil Kumar

An unrecorded hunting strategy of Legge’s Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti, from Wayanad, Kerala
Abhijith A V & Manoj Kumar A V

A record of Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola in Bengaluru, Karnataka
Ronith Urs, Karan Matalia, Ditaujas V. Prasad, Munish Gowda & Mohammed Umer Sharieff

The Greater Scaup Aythya marila in Sikkim
Lakpa Tenzing Sherpa

The Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos: An addition to the avifauna of Himachal Pradesh, India, with notes on its breeding
Himanshu C., Virender Sharma & C. Abhinav

A Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus from the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, India
Hafizullah Sofi

A partially leucistic Andaman Woodpecker Dryocopus hodgei
Milan U. Sojitra & Harshita Prakash

A Common Tern Sterna hirundo in Bengaluru, Karnataka
Jayanthi Kallam, Saleem Hameed, Subiksha Venkatesh & Rohan K. Menzies

A White-capped Bunting Emberiza stewarti in Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to Northeast Indian avifauna
Manash Pratim, Philip Chaon, Terry Rich, Carol Beardmore, Gary Nunn, Tom Will, Greg Butcher & Linda Fuller

In Memoriam

‘Ramki’ Ramkrishnan Sreenivasan (1973–2023) 
Shashank Dalvi 

 

Vol. 18 No. 4

Date of publication: 7 December 2022.

CONTENTS

Status of Naumann’s Thrush Turdus naumanni and its hybrids with Dusky Thrush T. naumanni x T. eunomus in India
C. Abhinav, Jainy Kuriakose, Simon Delany, Clive Denby, Peter Clement, Joydev Pathak, Digvijay Singh Rathore, Padma Gyalpo & Rajesh Panwar

What is the identity of the Spelaeornis wren-babbler that occurs on the slopes of Mugaphi Peak in south-eastern Arunachal Pradesh?
Praveen J, Dipu Karuthedathu, Subramanian Sankar, Hemraj Duraiswami, Yolisa Yobin & Rahul Baruah

Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua from Manipur, India: An addition to the avifauna of South Asia, with notes on its vocalisations
Andrew J. Spencer, Puja Sharma, Harmenn Huidrom, Dolly Laishram & K. Jogamani Sharma

Correspondence
The Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis, a new species for Nepal
Sanjib Acharya, Tikaram Giri & Carol Inskipp

A Pale-legged / Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes / P. borealoides from Amaravati, Maharashtra: An addition to Peninsular Indian avifauna
Manoj Bind, Vaibhav J. Dalal, Abhimanyu P. Aradhya, Prashant K. Nikam, & Raju Kasambe

The White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis in Punchakkari, Kerala: An addition to the birds of South Asia
Ajeesh Saga

A Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina in Tripura, India
Diptanu Debnath & Dipak Sinha

The first wintering record of a West Himalayan Bush Warbler Locustella kashmirensis from India, at the Pong Lake, Himachal Pradesh
C. Abhinav

The Red Knot Calidris canutus in western Maharashtra
Shashank Sankpal & Pranay Khadanga

The Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans from the Union Territory of Ladakh, India
Debaprasad Sengupta & Tania Ray Bhattacharya

The Long-eared Owl Asio otus in Tal Chhapar Wildlife Sanctuary, Churu District, Rajasthan
Harkirat Singh Sangha, Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj & Umesh Bagotia

The Red-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe chrysopygia in Punjab, India
Rajive Das

Range extension of the Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense into Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, India
C. Abhinav, Ankit Vikrant, Piyush Dogra & Deepak Garg Sharma

Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica and Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens from Jammu and Kashmir, India
Rifat Ara Wani & Irfan Jeelani Rather

The status of the Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra in Himachal Pradesh
C. Abhinav, Ankit Vikrant & Vinay Kumar

 

Vol. 18 No. 3

Date of publication: 21 October 2022.

CONTENTS

Seven decades of birding India: Chasing 1000
Peter Kaestner

Height variations of Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis nests in response to anthropogenic presence at two lakes in Bengaluru, India
K. S. Chetan Nag

Status of the Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus on the Indian Subcontinent: vagrant, passage migrant, or breeder?
Guy M. Kirwan, Manuel Schweizer, Robert P. Prŷs-Jones & Nicolas Martinez

Measurements and shape of the Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris
Peter J. Mundy

Correspondence

Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer from Manipur, India: An addition to the avifauna of South Asia
Puja Sharma, Andrew J. Spencer, Dolly Laishram, Priyojit Akoijam, Harmenn Huidrom, K. Jogamani Sharma, & S. Okendro Singh

Recent records of Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea and Short-tailed Shearwater A. tenuirostris from Sri Lanka
Moditha Kodikara Arachchi & Gary Allport

A sight record of the Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis from western Arunachal Pradesh
Kavi Nanda, Lobsang Tsering, Mohit Mehta, Hemant Kirola & Aditya Chona

Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra from Koraput, Odisha, India
Anurag Mishra & Susanto Panda

Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus, from Kashmir Valley, Jammu & Kashmir (UT)
Mohammad Feroz

Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush Monticola rufiventris from Ludhiana, Punjab
Manoj Kumar & Gurpartap Singh

A Brambling Fringilla montifringilla in the Delhi National Capital Region
Arushi Kanwar, Shivani Sharma & Rajagopala Rao Srinadhuni

A nest of the Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus in the Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Pranav Gokhale

A Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides in Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary, Jalgaon, Maharashtra
Laxminarayan Sonawane & Prasad Sonawane

A Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos from Coimbatore: A new species for Tamil Nadu
D. Gajamohanraj & Sharang Satish

Book review

Letter to the Editor

Vol. 18 No. 2

Date of publication: 30 July 2022.

CONTENTS

‘Taiga’ Bean Goose Anser fabalis fabalis from Maharashtra, with a review of its status in India
Raju Bhoi, Sandip Nagare, Adesh Shivkar & Raju Kasambe

Indian Bushlark Mirafra erythroptera can have fully white outer webs to its outermost tail feathers
Ashwin Viswanathan

Provisioning behaviour of Malabar Starling Sturnia blythii
D. Jude, P. S. Aravind, Ritobroto Chanda, M. Subash & Varughese Jobin

An assessment of avian tolerance towards human presence in urban, semi-urban, and rural settings of Pune
Mugdha Desai & Erach Bharucha

Notes on certain interesting specimens at the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata
Maheswaran G., Praveen J., Naskar A., Alam I., & Majumder, A.

Status of the Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata in Himachal Pradesh, and its spring records from India
C. Abhinav, Amir Jaspa, Piyush Dogra & Ankit Vikrant

Correspondence

Homeyer’s Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor homeyeri in Ladakh
Padma Gyalpo, Tashi Angchuk Stanba & Sonam Choldan Gasha

Two consecutive records of Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica from Belghoria and Kolaghat, an addition to the avifauna of West Bengal, and review of past records from India
Sandip Das, Prasenjit Bhattacharjee & Santu Chowdhury

Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii along with Lesser Sand Plover C. mongolus at Siswan Dam Lake bed, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab
Neeraja Voruvuru

Juvenile Lesser Flamingos Phoeniconaias minor in Najafgarh Drain, Haryana, India
Amit Kumar & Sarita Rana

Opportunistic feeding by Psittacula krameri on white efflorescence salts at building wall
Kanchan Puri & Ritesh Joshi

Roosting of Oriental Pied Hornbill at Rani, Kamrup district, Assam
Sachin P. Ranade

The White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus: A new species for Bhutan
Tshering Tobgay

Status of the White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Koj Mama, Bamin Chada & Christopher Michi Tajo

Eversmann’s Redstart Phoenicurus erythronotus: recent records from Uttarakhand
Ramnarayan Kalyanaraman, Sanjay Sondhi, Jagdish Negi, Kesar Singh, Bachi Singh Dangwal, Babita Galiya, Jennifer Divyadarshi, Muddam Vijay Dixit Reddy, Harish Gaur & Kamal Bisht 

Cetti’s Warbler Cettia cetti: An addition to the birds of Uttarakhand
Prashant Kumar & Rajesh Panwar

Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus from Goa
Rahul Pereira

An aberrant Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina from the Asan Conservation Reserve, Uttarakhand
Moulik Sarkar, Anurag Mishra, Saurabh Hatwar & Piyush Chawda

 

Vol. 18 No. 1

Date of publication: 18 June 2022.

CONTENTS

Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India, and the South Asian region—2022
Praveen J & Rajah Jayapal

New records from Narcondam Island, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, with one first record for India
C. Sivaperuman, G. Gokulakrishnan & A. K. Das

Addition of Nordmann’s Greenshank Tringa guttifer to the Indian avifauna
Raju Kasambe, and Vedant Kasambe

Correspondence
A Whinchat Saxicola rubetra from Dharapuram, Tamil Nadu: An addition to the birds of India
R. Magesh, D. Sadhasivam, G. Ranganathan, S. Sivakumar & N. Yoganathan

Indian Yellow Tit Machlolophus aplonotus in West Bengal
Avik kumar Dutta, Biswarup Mandal & Prasun Kanti Mahata

A richness of Pale Martins Riparia diluta at Harike Wetlands, and a technique for estimating the size of large flying flocks
Rishik Thapar &Vivek Saggar

Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica predating on a parakeet Psittacula sp., roost
Adarsh Kulkarni & Moulik Sarkar

A Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus from Middle Andaman
Satyaprakash Singh & Amit Adhikari

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris in Sariska Tiger Reserve: a new species for Rajasthan
Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj & Harkirat Singh Sangha

Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla in Majathal Wildlife Sanctuary: An addition to the avifauna of Himachal Pradesh
Virender Kumar Bhardwaj, Rakeshwar Kapoor & C. Abhinav

Little bittern Ixobrychus minutus from Punjab
Amandeep Singh & Jagdeep Singh

Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana and Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola from the Andaman Islands
Shaktivel G. & Jabili U.

More unusual nests of Red-rumped Swallows Cecropis daurica
Sachin Balkrishna Palkar & Pranav Gokhale

The Swamp Grass Babbler Laticilla cinerascens in Majuli Island, Assam
Shyamal Saikia & M. Miraj Hussain

Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda and Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon from Jammu and Kashmir, India
Pankaj Chibber and Ajay Kumar

The Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis in Uttarakhand, western Himalaya
Anand Kumar, Rajeev Lochan, Saurabh Dewan & Dinesh Kumar Sharma

 

Vol. 17 No. 6

Date of publication: 17 January 2022.

CONTENTS

The Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata—a new species for the Indian Subcontinent, and the Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides—a new species for the Nicobar Islands
Shashank Dalvi, Soham Dixit, Omkar Dharwadkar & Tejas Thackeray
Nesting and roosting habits of Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar in the Veedur wetlands of Viluppuram District, Tamil Nadu
M. Pandian
Is the Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis polytypic?
Tarun Menon, Ashwin Viswanathan, Manjunath Desai, Prabhakar T. P., K. Dhanapal, Rajiv Ramaswamy & Mohit Aggarwal
Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major: First records for Manipur, India, and some notes on its vocalisations
Puja Sharma, Dolly Laishram & Harmenn Huidrom
Correspondence
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminate at Hokersar Lake, Jammu & Kashmir
Hafizullah Sofi & C. Abhinav
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla in Munnar, Kerala—an addition to South Asian avifauna
Ajay Kumar K.G.
Little Tern Sternula albifrons breeding in Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Rishik Thapar & Vivek Saggar
Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia in Punjab, India
Gurpartap Singh & Anu Garg
A partially leucistic Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
Rounak Patra, Anuranjan Roy & Sipu Kumar
The Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris from Kargil, in the Union Territory of Ladakh
Debaprasad Sengupta, Yashi Upadhyay, Tania Bhattacharya, Anindya Bhattacharya & Pranav Sinha
Breeding of the Northern Long-eared Owl Asio otus at Leh, UT-Ladakh India
T. Angchok Stanba
Breeding of Little Tern Sternula albifrons in Udaipur, and its breeding status in Rajasthan, India
Rajat Chordia, Dharamveer Singh Jodha & Vishal Mahajan
A leucistic Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis in Udaipur, India
Bhanu Pratap Singh Rathore & Akshita Saxena
Jerdon’s Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis from Chennai area
Gnanaskandan Kesavabharathi & Chandrashekar Sundaram & P. Selva Singh Richard
Does the male Indian Robin Copsychus fulicatus share incubation duties?
Rahul Vanjari & Raghvendra Vanjari

Vol. 17 No. 5

Date of publication: 18 October 2021.

CONTENTS

An analysis of Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus vocalisations and their taxonomic and biogeographic implications
Abhirami C., Niranjana C., & Praveen J.

Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis at Pong Lake, Himachal Pradesh and its status in India
C. Abhinav & Piyush Dogra

The status of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus in Bangladesh
[Supplementary file] Md Sharif Hossain Sourav, Martin Päckert & Farhad Ahsan Pavel

Correspondence
A Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis from Leh, Ladakh: A new species for India
Mohd Tanveer

The Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris in Odisha, India
Pramod Dhal, Ashaharraza Khan & Rakesh Kumar Mohalik

More Brown Accentors Prunella fulvescens from Uttarakhand, India
Sanjay Sondhi, Keshar Singh, Virender Singh, Shuvendu Das & Arnab Chattopadhyay

Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus from Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir (UT), India
Brinder Kumar & Ramneet Kaur

Status of the Little Tern Sternula albifrons in Punjab, India
Gurpartap Singh & Pushkar Bali

Breeding of the Yellow-wattled Lapwing Vanellus malabaricus in Kamrup District, Assam
Sachin Ranade

A Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops in Mumbai, Maharashtra
Yogesh Patel, Shreya Sahu, Swapnil Gosavi, Prabhu Swami & Kaushal Dubey

The Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis in southern West Bengal, and its status in the Ganga– Brahmaputra Delta
Subhajit Roy, Aniruddha Singhamahapatra & Tanmoy Sarkar

A Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis in Jammu & Kashmir
Saqib Khaliq & Sayib Khaliq

Green-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus burkii, a new species for Haryana, and Delhi NCR
Pradyumna Krishna Majumdar, Rakesh Ahlawat, Sarita Majumdar & Sarika Sharma

The Critically Endangered Yellow-Breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola in southern Assam
Anwaruddin Choudhury & Amir Sohail Choudhury

Status of the Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting in the northern Eastern Ghats and the Rajmahal Hills of eastern India
Varun Kher, Raja Sekhar Bandi & Yash Deshpande

The Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis on the Padma River near Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Nur E. Saud, Nazmul Kamal Rony & A. M. Saleh Reza

 

Vol. 17 No. 4

Date of publication: 16 August 2021.

CONTENTS

Bird diversity across the western Trans-Himalaya
Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj & Subhoranjan Sen

The distribution of Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus and Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti in north-eastern India: An analysis based on their vocalisations
Peter Boesman & Praveen J

Diet and foraging behaviour of three Forktail Enicurus species, including fish in the diet of the Slaty-backed Forktail E. schistaceus
Andrew Engilis, Jr., Punit S. Lalbhai, Irene E. Engilis & Vivek Rawat

Correspondence
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus in Kambalakonda Wildlife Sanctuary, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Rajiv Ramaswamy, Sumiti Saharan, Suvarnalata Xanthate Duggirala

Nesting of the White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis in Anjaw District, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Santosh Kumar Reddy, Gopinathan Maheswaran, Govindan Veeraswami Gopi, Amitava Majumder, Imran Alam, Himadri Sekhar Mondal, Bharat Bhushan Bhat, Dekbin Yongam, Tejum Yamcha, Samiran Patgiri, & Uttam Kumar Sahoo

Confirmation of Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis from the Indian mainland
Raja Sekhar Bandi, Ashok Kolluru & Prem Swarup Kolluru

Status of Horned Grebe Podiceps auratus in India
Onkar Singh Brraich & Jagdeep Singh

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata in Maguri Beel, Tinsukia, Assam, and Sikhe Lake, Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, and its status in north-eastern India
Aftab Ahmed & Mahesh Rajpoot

Some scavenger birds from Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala
Sivakumar C., Anoop V., Ramesh Babu, Veeramani S. & Silpa V. Kumar

The Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana: A new record for Telangana, India
Manoj Vittapu & Sudeshna Dey

A Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula in the Vidharbha region of Maharashtra, India
Shubham Ashok Giri, Prashant Kacharu Nikam & Pavan Chikkanarayanaswamy

Frugivory in the Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida abbotti
Soham Dixit, Shashank Dalvi, Omkar Dharwadkar & Tejas Thackeray

Sykes’s Warbler Iduna rama from the Sikkim Himalaya
Tamding Chewang Lachenpa & Prem K. Chhetri

 

Vol. 17 No. 3

Date of publication: 08 July 2021.

CONTENTS

The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides: A new species for the Indian Subcontinent, and its status in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Shashank Dalvi, Soham Dixit, Omkar Dharwadkar, Tejas Thackeray, Sahas Barve & Rahul Khot

Vocalisation of Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia and its taxonomic implications
Niranjana C & Praveen J

Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens, a new species for Uttarakhand, and a review of its status in the Himalaya
Puja Sharma & Gunjan Arora

Correspondence
An Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus from the Digha-Shankarpur Estuary, West Bengal: An addition to the avifauna of mainland India
Arajush Payra

A Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica in Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh: An addition to the northern Indian avifauna
Gajinder Verma & C. Abhinav

Some perplexing pale-rumped Aerodramus swiftlets from Sri Lanka
Moditha Kodikara Arachchi & Ravi Darshana

Presumed courtship or territorial behaviour of the White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Kynsai Ria C. Kharkongor, Sandra Albert & Glenn Kharkongor

An unusual plumaged Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor in Navi Mumbai
Shalini Jain, Mayank Shukla & Nandana Chaudhuri

Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Anwaruddin Choudhury

Yellow-breasted Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides feeding on Mustard seeds Brassica sp.
Brinder Kumar, Ramneet Kaur & Sanjay Kotwal

Spotted Crake Porzana porzana, Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus, Falcated Duck Mareca falcata, Common Crane Grus grus and Black-breasted Weaver Ploceus benghalensis in Chhattisgarh, India
A. M. K. Bharos, Jageshwar Verma, Dilip Verma, Amar Mulwani, Ravi Naidu, Gopi Krishan Sahu & Vidhi Jain

The Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons in West Bengal
Debayan Gayen, Sanchari Sarkar & Moitreyee Chakrabarty

The Kashmir Flycatcher Ficedula subrubra in Punjab, India
Arjun Basandrai

Jerdon’s Nightjar Caprimulgus atripennis in West Bengal, India: A range extension
Asim Giri & Sayandeep Maity

A case of successful initiative for heronry conservation in a privately managed wetland
D. Frank Sadrack Jabaraj & G. V. Gopi

An intermediate morph Little Egret Egretta garzetta from Uttar Pradesh
Atul Singh Chauhan

 

Vol. 17 No. 2

Date of publication: 28 May 2021.

CONTENTS

An updated ornithology of the Lakshadweep Islands
Aju K. R., Sreenath K. R., Joshi K. K. & A. Gopalakrishnan

Importance of tiger corridors in conservation of vultures: A case study from the Bandhavgarh–Sanjay Corridor, Madhya Pradesh, India, with new nesting sites
Aakash Bhushan, Sandeep Chouksey, Aniruddha Dhamorikar, Rahul Talegaonkar, Upendra Dubey, Malvika Colvin & Soumen Dey

Nesting behaviour and diet of the Shikra Accipiter badius in Ajanta, Maharashtra
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi

Correspondence
A strange encounter with an unlikely visitor: A Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola in Hyderabad, Telangana
Rohan Chakravarty

An Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena breeding in an artificial wooden nest box
Onkar Singh Brraich & Jagdeep Singh

Ground nesting of Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus at Chilika Lagoon
Tuhinansu Kar & Rabindro Nath Samal

The Red-flanked Bush Robin Tarsiger cyanurus in eastern Arunachal Pradesh—an overlooked species
Dhyey Shah, Ketan Shah & Ravi Mekola

Arboreal feeding by Grey Junglefowl Gallus sonneratii
Rajeshkumar N.

Yellow-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus xantholaemus feeding on the aril of Acacia auriculiformis
Seshadri K. S., Vidisha M.K., and Kishan S. B.

The Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata and the Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis from Punjab, India
Pushkar Bali

The Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis from Bengaluru, Karnataka
Jayanthi Kallam, Saleem Hameed, Vishnu Balusu, Praveen Kallam, Shailendra Chitre & Rohan K. Menzies

The Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia in Jaipurdoddi, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Manajit Rath & Nischitha MR

Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus, an addition to the checklist of the birds of Kerala
R. Roshnath & C. Sashikumar

 

Vol. 17 No. 1

Date of publication: 29 March 2021.

CONTENTS

Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India, and the South Asian region—2021
Praveen J, Rajah Jayapal & Aasheesh Pittie

Nest-site characteristics of an urban heronry at Ranipet Police Station, Tamil Nadu
D. Frank Sadrack Jabaraj, M. Pandian & Govindan Veeraswami Gopi

Breeding colonies of Whiskered Terns Chlidonias hybrida in Assam
Sachin Ranade

Correspondence
The Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus in Punchakkari, southern Kerala: A definitive record for the Indian Subcontinent
Nirmal George, Prasanth Das, Jayakrishnan S., Jaichand Johnson, Arun C. G. & Praveen J.

The Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta in Sirsa, Haryana, India
Sanjeev K. Goyal & Vivek Goyal

A Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis in Walong, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to South Asian avifauna
Dhyey Shah, Ketan Shah & Ravi Mekola

Presence of Sichuan Leaf Warblers Phylloscopus forresti in Anjaw District, Arunachal Pradesh
Dhyey Shah, Ketan Shah & Ravi Mekola

Occurrence of the Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus in Arunachal Pradesh, India
Atharva Singh, Himadri Sekhar Mondal & Girish Jathar

Pallas’s Fish Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus copulating on the banks of the Ram Ganga
Amith Rao & Balakrishna Kulkarni

Rediscovery of Rufous-vented Grass Babbler Laticilla burnesii from Haryana and its distribution status in India
Sanjeev K. Goyal, Rakesh Ahlawat & Vivek Goyal

A high elevation record of the Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki from Nainital, Uttarakhand
Chandrakala Rawat, Govindan Veeraswami Gopi, Sampath Deepan Chackaravarthy, Sumit Kumar Arya, Bhupendra Singh Adhikari & Dhananjai Mohan

Large flocks of Sarus Crane Antigone antigone and Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala in Nepal Prashant Ghimire, Nabin Pandey, Shristee Panthee & Bhuwan Singh Bist

Brood parasitism by Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii on Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea in Kerala
Rasheed C. M., Maxim Rodrigues & Raju Stiven Crasta B

Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii in Rudraprayag Forest Division, Garhwal Himalaya
Vaibhav K. Singh, Kanchan Puri, Abhishek K. Singh & Ritesh Joshi

The status of the Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus in Himachal Pradesh
C. Abhinav & Ankit Vikrant

A record of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus breeding in the Lakshadweep Islands, Indian Ocean
Nasheeda Yasmin & Aju K. R.

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus: first photographic record from Goa
Mayur Gawas, Prasanna Kelkar, Jalmesh Karapurkar & Shayeesh Pirankar

Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus from Ladakh, India
Sonam Choldan (Gasha)

The Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus in Sikkim, India
Dibyendu Ash, Nisha Sharma, Madhavi Ravindra & Jayanth Gole

A Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata from Raichur, Karnataka
Vizz Vishwanath & Sai Shailesh

A Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola from Ladakh, India
Tashi Angchok Stanba

The Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris: An addition to the avifauna of Goa, India
Justino Rebello & Mangirish Dharwadkar

Letter to the Editor

Vol. 16 No. 6

Date of publication: 23 December 2020.

CONTENTS

Recollections on illustrating The Ripley Guide
John C. Anderton

Breeding ecology of the Indian Spotted Eagle Clanga hastata around Belgaum, India
Niranjan Sant, Rahul Prabhukhanolkar, Vidhyadhar Shelke & Shridhar Shelke

Correspondence

A review of recent occurrences of Blyth’s Kingfisher Alcedo hercules from Arunachal Pradesh
Tajum Yomcha, Awadhesh Kumar & Anurag Vishwakarma

A Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope from the Andaman Islands
Gokulakrishnan, C. Sivaperuman & D. Sekhar

Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola in the Telangana the Andhra Pradesh region
John Peters & M. V. N. Vinay

Review of Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus sightings in India and first record from Kangan, Kashmir Valley, India
Khursheed Ahmad, Irfan Jeelani, Rifat Ara Wani, Intesar Suhail

Turtles in the diet of White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Pranav Gokhale

Four additions to the avifauna of Himachal Pradesh: Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus, Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope, Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus, and Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis
Abhinav, Virender Sharma & Himanshu C

The Common Swift Apus apus—a new bird for Sri Lanka, and the need for a re-evaluation of the species in the Maldives
Ragupathy Kannan & Bopitiya Gamage Pavan Thilina Saranga

A Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula at Sambhar Lake, and its status in Rajasthan
Harkirat Singh Sangha

Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus breeding in Rajasthan, India
Anil Kumar Sharma, Rekha Bhawnani & Anil Kumar Tripathi

 

Vol. 16 No. 5

Date of publication: 26 November 2020.

CONTENTS

Status of ‘Fork-tailed Swift’ Apus pacificus complex in India
Paul J. Leader, Kristof Zyskowski, Bentley Bird, Rahul Khot, Hein van Grouw & Praveen J.

A survey of wintering Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola in Nepal
Krishna Prasad Bhusal, Yubin Raj Sherestha, Milan Baral & Mitra Pandey

Communal roosting of Black-winged Kites Elanus caeruleus and possible influence of rainfall and wheat cultivation
Kulbhushansingh R. Suryawanshi & Bhagyashree Ingle

Distribution, seasonality, and movements of cochoas (Genus: Cochoa) in India
Sutirtha Lahiri & Bablu Sonowal

Correspondence

The status of the Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus, Spanish Sparrow P. hispaniolensis, and Eurasian Tree Sparrow P. montanus in Himachal Pradesh
C. Abhinav

Finn’s Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus breeding on Ipomoea reeds, Kumaon, Uttarakhand
Rajesh Panwar, Sheela Panwar, Deepak Rastogi & Anita Rastogi

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris in Visakhapatnam city, Andhra Pradesh
Uppada Janardhan, V. Bhagyasree & V. V. L. Subhadra Devi

A report of the Northern Long-eared Owl Asio otus from Seri, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, and its status in India
Samakshi Tiwari & Sanjeev Kumar

A Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus from Moyar Valley, Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu
D. Gajamohanraj

A note on the behaviour of the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Debaprasad Sengupta, Puja Deb & Prayas Auddy

Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps in Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary: A new species for Rajasthan
Dharmendra Khandal, Satish Sharma, and Harkirat Singh Sangha

The Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus: An addition to the avifauna of Gujarat
Rajni Trivedi & Devvratsinh Mori

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis preying on Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii
Aditya Singh Chauhan & Durga Prasad Srivastava

Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis affinis in India: Recent records, and a note on its likely status in India and Bangladesh
Rajdeep Deb Purkayastha & Ashwin Viswanathan

 

Vol. 16 No. 4

Date of publication: 18 September 2020.

CONTENTS

Avian brood parasitism in South Asia
Additional file
Praveen J & Peter Lowther

Some cuckoo problems from Uttarakhand: Two cases of parasitism, and a case of egg-predation
Puja Sharma

Correspondence

Schrenck’s Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus from Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka: An addition to South Asian avifauna
Torbjörn Vik, Dulan Ranga, Morgan Svensson, Kajsa Vik, Lena Geiser

A colour aberrant White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis in Jalpaiguri town, West Bengal
Prateek Choudhury

Conflict between nesting Shikras Accipiter badius and Sri Lanka Grey Hornbills Ocyceros gingalensis
Ragupathy Kannan

Brood parasitism on Red-billed Leothrix Leiothrix lutea in Meghalaya
Kynsai Kharkongor, Sandra Albert, Glenn Kharkongor

Nest of Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata in Navsari, Gujarat
Minal Patel, Priyank Kapadi, Neel Tandel & Jay Desai

The Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus in the wetlands of Kashmir Valley, India
Khursheed Ahmad, Iqram-ul-Haq & Rashid Y. Naqash

A breeding record of the Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis from West Bengal
Prasenjit Bhattacharjee, Abhishek Roy, Prasil Biswas & Santanu Das

An influx of Short-tailed Shearwaters Ardenna tenuirostris during to the tropical cyclone ‘Amphan’ in West Bengal
Sannidhya De, Atanu Modak, Anish Bera, Suprakash Adak & Santanu Manna

The Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus in West Bengal, India
Prayas Auddy, Debaprasad Sengupta & Puja Deb