BirdingASIA 18
BIRDINGASIA 18
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Cover photo: Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus, Chukotka, Russia, June 2012 by Baz Scampion
CONTENTS
17 REDISCOVERY
A preliminary report on the apparent rediscovery of Sillem’s Mountain Finch Leucosticte sillemi KRYS KAZMIERCZAK & YANN MUZIKA
21 REDISCOVERY
The rediscovery of Ambon White-eye Zosterops kuehni on Seram, Maluku, Indonesia NICK DYMOND
23 ANNIVERSARY
A decade of images: Oriental Bird Images, the image database of the OBC, 2002–2012 KRYS KAZMIERCZAK
33 TAXONOMIC UPDATE
Species-level and other changes proposed for Asian birds, 2011 N. J. COLLAR & T. P. INSKIPP
44 FIELD STUDY
Further notes on the nesting of the Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus in Peninsular Malaysia CON FOLEY & DING LI YONG
48 FIELD STUDY
White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis breeds again in Myanmar THET ZAW NAING, SEIN AUNG MIN, MYINT MAUNG & ROBERT TIZARD
50 SPECIAL REPORT
Conservation breeding and the most threatened birds in Asia N. J. COLLAR, L. GARDNER, D. F. JEGGO, B. MARCORDES, A. OWEN, T. PAGEL, T. PES, A. VAIDL,R. WILKINSON & R. WIRTH
58 SPECIAL REPORT
The owl trade in Jakarta, Indonesia: a spot check on the largest bird markets CHRIS R. SHEPHERD
61 SPECIAL REPORT
Birds found during nocturnal herpetological surveys in Sumatra and Kalimantan, Indonesia, between 2005 and 2009 MISTAR KAMSI & BAS VAN BALEN
66 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Nesting of Hoogerwerf’s Pheasant Lophura hoogerwerfi in North Sumatra, Indonesia HELGA H. PETERS, GREGOIRE BERTAGNOLIO & GABRIELLA FREDRIKSSON
68 BIRD TO WATCH
An alarming decrease in the Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea population on the east coast of South Sumatra province, Indonesia MUHAMMAD IQBAL, HERI MULYONO, AHMAD RIWAN & FADLY TAKARI
72 BIRD TO WATCH
The rapid decline of the Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus in Indonesia MUHAMMAD IQBAL & FERRY HASUDUNGAN
76 CONSERVATION REPORT
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus conservation breeding project: the 2012 expedition to Russia BAZ HUGHES
79 CONSERVATION REPORT
Saving the Spoon-billed Sandpiper: news from the field in 2012 COMPILED BY BRIAN SYKES
81 BIRDING HOTSPOT
Rudong, Jiangsu, China: a Mecca for migrants ANGUS R. LAMONT
85 NOTEBOOK
Record of White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla at Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India GOPINATHAN MAHESWARAN
86 NOTEBOOK
Hybridisation between Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus and Slender-billed Gull Larus genei in the Inner Gulf of Thailand WICHYANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKI
90 NOTEBOOK
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca: first breeding record for Bangladesh TANIA KHAN & MUNIR AHMED
93 CONSERVATION WATCH
The White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, China MING MA & TONG ZHANG
97 PROJECT REPORT
Hornbills in the Neora Valley National Park, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India SUNITA PRADHAN
102 BIRD TO WATCH
In search of the elusive Jerdon’s Courser: what future for one of the most endangered birds on earth? RAHUL CHAVAN & IAN BARBER
105 RESEARCH REPORT
Breeding birds in subarctic tundra, Yakutia, north-eastern Siberia, RussiaM. V. VLADIMIRTSEVA & I. P. BYSYKATOVA
109 FIRST RECORD
Little Gull Larus (Hydrocoloeus) minutus, new bird for South-East Asia DAVID BAKEWELL, SARTHIP THONGNAKCOKEGRUAD & GERARD BRETT
105 RANGE EXTENSION
New information on the range of Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps in northern China DONGMING LI, JIANPING LI, JUYONG LI, YINGJIE GAO & YUEFENG WU
120 OBITUARY
Yuen-Peng McNeice 1917–2012
Plus regular sections: Letter from the Chairman, OBC in action: Conservation Fund, Smythies Fund, From the Field, Reviews.
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