BirdingASIA 13

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ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Malaysian Nature Society (MNS)—celebrating 70 years of conserving birds and their habitats in Malaysia MOHD RAFI KUDUS & YEAP CHIN AIK

NEW RECORDS FOR MALAYSIA
The work of the Malaysian Nature Society-Bird Conservation Council Records Committee (MNS-BCC RC) and updates to the status of birds in Malaysia COMPILED BY DAVID BAKEWELL ON BEHALF OF MNS-BCC RC

LITTLE-KNOWN AREA
Sarawak—a neglected birding destination in Malaysia RONALD ORENSTEIN, ANTHONY WONG, NAZERI ABGHANI, DAVID BAKEWELL, JAMES EATON, YEO SIEW TECK & YONG DING LI

FIRST RECORD: MALAYSIA
Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis: first record for Malaysia ADAM BOWLEY

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Brown-banded Rail Lewinia mirifica at Dalton Pass, Philippines DESMOND ALLEN

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii on Seram and Buru THOMAS ARNDT & YAN E. PERSULESSY

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Ceylon Bay Owl Phodilus assimilis in south India TAMÁS ZALAI, SZILVIA MOLNÁR & ANDRÁS VASAS

BIRDS AND PEOPLE
Bird hides and water holes: a model conservation project near Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand KITTIPON BOURANASOMPOP & ROBERT DECANDIDO

BIRDS AND PEOPLE
Swiftlet farming comes to Cambodia COLIN POOLE

FIELD STUDY
Study of the breeding behaviour of Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera around Dhaka, Bangladesh MOHAMMOD FOYSAL

BIRD TO WATCH
First observation and subsequent records of Christmas Island Frigatebird Fregata andrewsi in the Philippines with notes on its occurrence and distribution ARNE ERIK JENSEN & JOSE MA. LORENZO TAN

BIRD TO WATCH
Jankowski’s Bunting Emberiza jankowskii: the next species to become extinct in east Asia? MARTIN HALE

BIRD TO WATCH
River terns: is the Black-bellied Tern Sterna acuticauda heading to oblivion? BRIAN SYKES

PHOTOSPOT
Spotlight on tesias

SPECIAL REPORT
Notes and observations on primate predation by forest raptors in Asia YONG DING LI

NOTEBOOK
Breeding plumage Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea in Taiwan during the northern winter CIN-TY LEE & YU-YE WEN

NOTEBOOK
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris: a regular spring passage migrant through Hong Kong GEOFF WELCH & YAT-TUNG YU

NOTEBOOK
Recent records of birds trapped in spiders’ webs in India RAJU KASAMBE, GOPAL THOSAR, HIMANSHU RATHORE, ADESH SHIVKAR & DIPU SASISHUIHUA CHEN

ASIAN ENIGMA
First observations of Ninox (novaeseelandiae) rotiensis on Roti island, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia PHILIPPE VERBELEN

CONSERVATION WATCH
Waterbird conservation in the Republic of Korea: the truth about ‘green growth’ and the ‘green new deal’ NIAL MOORES, ANDREAS KIM & PARK MEENA

Caught on Camera in the field: Indian Skimmer in Tamil Nadhu (N. VIKAS MADHAV and D. NAGARAJAN),

Grey-necked Bunting in Sri Lanka (C.D. KALUTHOTA, D. SAMARASINGHE, D. DE SILVA and H. DE SILVA).

ASIAN ENIGMA
Conservation of Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax courtoisi in Wuyuan, Jiangxi, and the search for ‘lost’ populations in Yunnan and Guangxi, China ROGER WILKINSON & HE FEN-QI

ASIAN ENIGMAS
A further odyssey in search of the little-known owls of Indonesia PHILIPPE VERBELEN & BRAM DEMEULEMEESTER

Plus regular sections: Letter from the Chairman, OBC in action: Conservation Fund, Smythies Fund, From the Field, Reviews.

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