Date of publication: 5 July 2023.
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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
Date of publication: 2 June 2023.
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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
Date of publication: 13 February 2023.
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Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India and the South Asian region—2023
Praveen J & Rajah Jayapal
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
Date of publication: 7 December 2022.
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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
A Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina in Tripura, India
Diptanu Debnath & Dipak Sinha
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
Date of publication: 21 October 2022.
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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
Date of publication: 30 July 2022.
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‘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
Date of publication: 18 June 2022.
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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
Date of publication: 17 January 2022.
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Date of publication: 18 October 2021.
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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
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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
Date of publication: 16 August 2021.
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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
Date of publication: 08 July 2021.
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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
Date of publication: 28 May 2021.
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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-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
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
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
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
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
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