BirdingASIA 31

Cover image: Himalayan Monal Lophophorus impejanus, Lungthung, East Sikkim district, Sikkim, India, 14 April 2019, by Rejaul Karim.

3 Guest editorial

4 BirdingASIA briefings

7 OBC in action

12 CONSERVATION UPDATE
IUCN SSC Asian Songbird Trade Specialist Group holds inaugural meeting to safeguard Asian songbirds
SERENE C. L. CHNG, JESS G. H. LEE & DAVID JEGGO

14 ID FORUM
The Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes: identification revisited
DAVID BAKEWELL

24 LITTLEKNOWN ASIAN BIRD
New record of the Critically Endangered Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Alcedo euryzona in Central Java, Indonesia
BOSCO PUI LOK CHAN & ARIF SETIAWAN

28 LITTLEKNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Locating and identifying non-breeding Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus in Indonesia
KHALEB YORDAN, BOAS EMANNUEL, FRANSISCA N. TIRTANINGTYAS, SANJAY PYARE & MICHAEL I. GOLDSTEIN

33 LITTLEKNOWN ASIAN BIRD
The vocalisations of the little-known Grey-hooded Whiteeye Heleia pinaiae from the mountains of Seram, Maluku, Indonesia
LUCAS H. DECICCO & JAMES A. EATON

36 TAXONOMIC REVIEW
The taxonomy of the Blood-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum sanguinolentum complex
FRANK E. RHEINDT & JAMES A. EATON

41 NOTEBOOK
Predation of swiftlet Aerodramus sp. by Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus in Bornean Malaysia
MOHD SYAFIQ SIVAKUMARAN

43 NOTEBOOK
Sightings of Bengal Florican Houbaropsis bengalensis on the chapories of the Lohit River, Assam, India
ASHWIN WARUDKAR, D. V. PANDEY & S. S. NARWADE

46 NOTEBOOK
Notes on a nest of Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus in Hong Kong, China
LO CHUN FAI

50 NOTEBOOK
An image of the rarely seen female Visayan Shama Kittacincla superciliaris
BRENDAN SLOAN

52 NOTEBOOK
Nesting record of White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster on a telecommunications tower at Rajapuram village, Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh, India B. LAXMI NARAYANA, V. VASUDEVA RAO & V. NAGULU

54 PROJECT REPORT
Rapid assessment of two sympatric hornbill species populations and their nesting behaviour in Zhemgang district, Bhutan KARMA SHERUB & SANGAY TSHERING

60 Photospot Special
Songbirds at risk

62 NOTEBOOK
The strange case of the Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna and the Endangered Mongolian Marmot Marmota sibirica
BUYANDELGER SUURI, OTGONBAYAR BAATARGAL & RICHARD P. READING

65 NOTEBOOK
Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii: a new low altitude record from Nandhaur Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, India PRAJAKTA HUSHANGABADKAR & MERAJ ANWAR

68 NOTEBOOK
An inland record of Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda in the wake of typhoon Mangkhut in northern Luzon, Philippines
JOUEL B. TAGGUEG, LITO S. GUZMAN Jr, LUZ S. SORIANO, JONI T. ACAY & MERLIJN VAN WEERD

70 NOTEBOOK
Swamp Grass Babbler Laticilla cinerascens and the importance of D’Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India, for its conservation
M. FIROZ HUSSAIN, ARKO SARKAR & M. MIRAJ HUSSAIN

74 RANGE EXTENSION
Recent records of White-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis on Java, Indonesia, with notes on its status and distribution
IMAM TAUFIQURRAHMAN, ASMAN ADI PURWANTO, FRANSISCA NONI TIRTANINGTYAS, SAM ADE,MAULANA RACHMAN, ADE DARYANA, ADY SEPTIANTO HERMAWAN, KHALEB YORDAN, BOAS EMMANUEL, ADY KRISTANTO, KIRYONO, SURYA PURNAMA & DWI AJI SUJATMIKO

79 CONSERVATION REPORT
Rediscovery and first nesting record of the Vulnerable Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichii in Machiara National Park, Kashmir Himalaya, Pakistan
MUHAMMAD NAEEM AWAN, MUHAMMAD KABIR, NAEEM IFTIKHAR, MIRZA WAJID ALI & FRANCIS BUNER

85 BREEDING RECORD
First confirmed breeding record of Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis in Singapore
ALFRED CHIA, DING LI YONG, KIM CHUAH LIM, MOVIN NYANASENGERAN, YONG CHEE KEITA SIN, KIM KEANG LIM & SENG BENG YEO

88 NEW BREEDING RECORD
Confirmed nesting of Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in lowland Nepal
KAILASH JAISWAL, SWATI KITTUR & K. S. GOPI SUNDAR

91 NEW BREEDING RECORD
First nest description and altitudinal range extension of the south Indochinese endemic Black-headed Parrotbill Psittiparus margaritae
ELIZE Y. X. NG, LE MANH HUNG, SHAOYUAN WU & FRANK E. RHEINDT

94 NEW RECORDS
New and interesting avifaunal records from the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory
PETER CARR

98 NEW RECORDS
Some recent records of migrant and wintering species in Hanoi city, Vietnam
LE MANH HUNG, NGUYEN MANH HIEP & VU HONG PHUONG

102 NEW RECORDS
First records of birds for the Maldives
R. CHARLES ANDERSON, IZUMI SAKAMOTO, TOKIHIKO SAKAMOTO, A. RIYAZ JAUHAREE, SYED ABBAS, ALI RILWAN & ED DREWITT

COUNTRY FIRSTS

106 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator: first record for Bangladesh
SAYAM U. CHOWDHURY, MD. FOYSAL & NAZIM UDDIN PRINCE

107 First record of Finsch’s Wheatear Oenanthe finschii for India
MUKUL BALKRISHNA WASNIK, SURAT SINGH POONIA, MANOJ SHARMA, C. ABHINAV, ATUL JAIN, SUDHIR GARG & ANTAR SINGH

110 White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis in Imawbum, Kachin State: a first record for Myanmar
SAI SEIN LIN, AUNG KO LIN, NGWE LWIN, KHAUNG HAUNG & SWEN C. RENNER

112 First record of Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula for Bhutan
SANGAY NIDUP, GYELTSHEN & TSHERING TOBGAY

112 Sykes’s Nightjar Caprimulgus mahrattensis: first record for Bangladesh
A. B. M. SAROWAR ALAM, SAKIB AHMED, KAZI ZENIFAR AZMIRI & ONU TAREQ

115 From the field

128 Obituary