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Field identification of the Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis and the Sykes’s Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis: A cryptic challenge
Prasad Ganpule

Correspondence
A Barau’s Petrel Pterodroma baraui near Little Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
Srinivas Daripineni

The Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina in Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Bhupesh K Goyal, Vinod Gupta, Mistu Basu, Binanda Hatibaruah & C. Abhinav

Passage migration of European Bee-eaters Merops apiaster through Rajasthan and other parts of India
Harkirat Singh Sangha & Dipendra Maharshi

Breeding of the Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola at Ujani Reservoir, Maharashtra, India
Ameya Deshpande, Prithviraj Sarnobat, Swapnil Jarad, Jayant Kulkarni, Prachi Mehta, Kunal Vibhandik & Shravan Paralikar

The Jerdon’s Bushlark Plocealauda affinis from Goa, India
Omkar Damle & Abhinav Nair

The Grey-crowned Prinia Prinia cinereocapilla from Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar, India
Abhishek Sharma

The Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae in western Arunachal Pradesh, India
Lobsang Namgyal, Lobsang Serap & Gaurab Talukdar

Intraspecific aggression exhibited by adult Painted Storks Mycteria leucocephala towards an immature at Chawandiya Wetland, Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India
Farhat Zabi & Manoj Joshi

The Common Swift Apus apus from Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary: An addition to the Maharashtra avifauna
Aditya Soman, Nikhil Bhopale, Sarvesh Abhyankar, Pranav Bagwe & Akshay Gajbhiye

The Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus: Addition to the avifauna of Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir
Anil Mali, Showkat Maqbool & Sudhakar Kurhade

Nesting association between ‘Eastern’ Finn’s Weavers Ploceus megarhynchus salimalii and Black Drongos Dicrurus macrocercus
Jonmani Kalita, Leons Mathew Abraham, Koushik Rajbongshi & Dhritiman Das

Distasteful butterfly in the diet of the White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
Arajush Payra, Saurabh Mardi, Joel George Philip, Bishal Basumatary, Nazrul Islam & Pankaj Koparde

The Whinchat Saxicola rubetra in Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, India
C. Abhinav, Dipender Othangba & Amir Jaspa

The Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps from Odisha: An addition to the state’s avifauna
Digvijaya Pattnaik, Lalit Kumar Patra, Ashish Kumar Shukla & Ashis Kumar Das

The Indian Grey Hornbill Ocyceros birostris from Samtse, Bhutan: An addition to the country’s avifauna
Kuenley Gyeltshen, Nima Dorji, Pema Thinley, Tshering Gyeltshen, Tshering Peldon & Chubzang Tangbi

A Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida from Gurugram, Haryana
Soma Ateesh Tripathi, Pankaj Gupta, Jyoti Raghavan Khanduja, Jasmine Oberoi & Arnav Gupta

A Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos from the Kashmir Valley, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Ab. Qayoom Sofi

The Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea as a passage migrant in Chhattisgarh, India
Pratik Thakur, Himanshu Gupta & S. D. Barman

The Critically Endangered Indian Vulture Gyps indicus in Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary, Bihar, India
Vinotha Rameshkumar, Ramsundar M., Kumaresan Chandrabose, Rajkumar M., Mohaijab Khan, & Rajkumar Mandal