BirdingASIA 22

Contents

NEWSFLASH
Bangladesh

LITTLE-KNOWN AREA
Great Nicobar—a preview JAINY KURIAKOSE

REDISCOVERY
The rediscovery of Myanmar’s Jerdon’s Babbler Chrysomma altirostre altirostre FRANK E. RHEINDT, ROBERT TIZARD, NILA PWINT & NAING LIN

REDISCOVERY
The rediscovery of Bristled Grassbird Chaetornis striata in Bangladesh ENAM UL HAQUE & ONU TAREQ

REDISCOVERY
Chinese Grassbird Graminicola striatus in South-East Asia: lost, forgotten and re-found JAMES A. EATON, SIMON P. MAHOOD & JONATHAN C. EAMES

CONSERVATION REPORT
Back from the brink? An update on the Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea conservation programme NIGEL CLARK, DEBBIE PAIN & RHYS GREEN

CONSERVATION UPDATE
Asian vulture crisis—have we reached a turning point? CHRIS BOWDEN

ID FORUM
Rufous-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis bakeri and Pale-billed Parrotbill P. atrosuperciliaris in Thailand PHILIP D. ROUND, KAMOL KOMOLPHALIN, WICHYANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKIJ & ANDREW J. PIERCE

TAXONOMIC REVIEW
Notable taxonomic changes proposed for Asian birds in 2013 N. J. COLLAR & T. P. INSKIPP

FIELD STUDY
The breeding plumage and vocalisations of Marshall’s Iora Aegithina nigrolutea in Gujarat, India, with notes on distribution and taxonomy PRASAD GANPULE

FIELD STUDY
Observations of the diet of Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus in the oil-palm plantations of the Sahabat area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia CIK MOHD RIZUAN ZAINAL ABIDIN, NOOR HISHAM HAMID & HAFIDZI MOHD NOOR

PHOTOSPOT
Bugun Liocichla Liocichla bugunorum

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Nesting records of Dulit Frogmouth Batrachostomus harterti, with notes on plumage and vocalisations BING WEN LOW, ROB HUTCHINSON, SANG SIGAR, ASHLEY BANWELL, SIEW TECK YEO & JAMES A. EATON

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Sushkin’s Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa sushkini, a little-known taxon from Mongolia ANDREAS BUCHHEIM & PHILIPPE J. DUBOIS

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
The Ryukyu Scops Owls Otus elegans interpositus of the Daitô islands, Japan BRENDAN SLOAN

LITTLE-KNOWN AREA
Tawang district, Arunachal Pradesh, India ANIL KUMAR

ORIENTAL PATCH WATCH
A study of the avifauna of the Vankee development, Minhang district, Shanghai, China: June 2005 to May 2014 – Part 1: non-passerines ANGUS R. LAMONT

FIELD STUDY
An avifaunal survey of three Javan volcanoes—Gn Salak, Gn Slamet and the Ijen highlands JOHN C. MITTERMEIER, CARL H. OLIVEROS, TRI HARYOKO, MOHAMMAD IRHAM & ROBERT G. MOYLE

NOTEBOOK
Abnormal colours of east Asian starlings: a mystery solved? DAVID J. STANTON & MICHAEL R. LEVEN

NOTEBOOK
Bali Myna Leucopsar rothschildi: brighter prospects for the future? GODI DIJKMAN

NOTEBOOK
Breeding observations of and spring–summer habitat use by Turkestan Ground Jay Podoces panderi DAVID A. SHOWLER, MAXIM A. KOSHKIN, ROBERT J. BURNSIDE & PAUL M. DOLMAN

COUNTRY FIRSTS

First records of Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane for Bangladesh SAMIUL MOHSANIN, NICK DYMOND, TANIA KHAN & ANDREW J. PIERCE

The first record of Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus for Bangladesh during a pelagic trip in the Bay of Bengal ENAM UL HAQUE, ONU TAREQ & SHAMIM AHMED

First record of Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina from China RACHAKONDA SREEKAR, SALINDRA K. DAYANANDA, JIANG-BO ZHAO, BOJIAN GU, QIANG LI, XIMIN WANG & EBEN GOODALE

Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes, Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea and Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis: new for Cambodia PAUL H NIELSEN, PAUL EVERINGHAM, SENGLIM SUY & SIMON P. MAHOOD

Slender-billed Gull Larus genei: first record for Bangladesh SAYAM U. CHOWDHURY, YANN MUZIKA & MD FOYSAL

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

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