Vol. 22 No. 2

Date of publication: 29 June 2026

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Vol. 22 No. 2

CONTENTS

An assessment of the breeding population of the Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis in the Shimla Forest Division (Rural), Himachal Pradesh, India
Archi Sehgal, Rohit Chaudhary & Shivani Devi

An update of the non-breeding distribution of the Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus in South Asia
Anurag Mishra, Sandip Das, Sreekanth C., Kasun Gonagala & Ashwin Viswanathan

Correspondence
The Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris from Frasergunj, West Bengal: A new species for India
Shantanu Ghosh, Patrali Pal, Ratna Ghosh & Sandeep Biswas

A Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata in western Assam
Tomal Gogoi, Edison Basumatary, Rustam Basumatary & Mwjwmsar Basumatary

Interspecific feeding: Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus feeding Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius nestlings
Nigin Babu

The White-bellied Minivet Pericrocotus erythropygius from Ferozepur District, Punjab, India and its status in the state
Manish Ahuja, Tushant Sachdeva & Gurpartap Singh

The Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus from Himachal Pradesh, India
Himanshu C., C. Abhinav, Pranav Maggon, Bharat Sohagiya, Pinak Vashi & Akshay Bhardwaj

A case of possible cloacal protuberance in a Pale-billed Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrorhynchos
C. Sreekumar & Yash Mayekar

A case of predation of nestling of the Dusky Eagle-Owl Ketupa coromanda by monitor lizard Varanus sp. from Assam, India
Sthitapragyan Mallick & Taruna Patidar

The Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus from the plains of north-western India
David Phinehas N

The Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus from Bilaspur: An addition to the avifauna of Chhattisgarh, India
Satya Prakash Pandey, Kanchan Pandey & Pratik Thakur

The Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei: An addition to the avifauna of Jammu & Kashmir, India
Sachin Kumar Bhagat & Gurpartap Singh

An escapee Narcondam Hornbill Rhyticeros narcondami from Chidiyatapu, South Andaman, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
Harkirat Singh Sangha & Sahil Zutshi

An unusual wheatear Oenanthe sp. in Rajasthan, India, not identifiable as the Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
Philip Gould & Rebecca Nesbit

The Sind Woodpecker Dendrocopos assimilis from Bhimber, Jammu & Kashmir: An addition to the state avifauna
Touseef Ahmed & Mudassar Basri

The Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps at Tulshi Reservoir, Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India
Rahul S. Kamble, Gajanan K. Sontakke & Sagar A. Vhanalakar

An aberrant Small Pratincole Glareola lactea in a pratincole breeding colony
Praveen Joshi

Breeding of the Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus from Andaman Group of Islands, India
B. Kilson Kiragori

A Red-footed Booby Sula sula on the Kalpeni Island, Lakshadweep, India
Mohammed Jabir K. K., Zainul Abid P. M. & Madhu V. R.

Observations on predation of Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus chicks by a Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
Ratnakar Hiremath, Shivanand B. Hiremath & Raghvendra S. Vanjari

Addition of the Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens to the avifauna of Jammu & Kashmir, India
Sachin Kumar Bhagat, Anu Ramotra, Hemant Kumar & Gurpartap Singh

The Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus in Assam
Jugal Borah

Obituary
Jamshed P. Irani: A rare bird watcher
Dilnavaz Variava

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