BirdingASIA 44

Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus, Bhutan, May 2013, by Francis Yap.

3 Chair’s letter

4 BirdingASIA briefings

6 Conservation Fund

16 Letter to the editor
ROBERT A. CHEKE

18 Review

21 CONSERVATION UPDATE
The discovery of Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea breeding on a mountain plateau in Kamchatka
ELENA G. LAPPO, ANTON P. IVANOV, EGOR Y. LOKTIONOV & KATHERINE K.S. LEUNG

33 CONSERVATION UPDATE
The increasing prevalence of sunbirds in trade in South-East Asia
ACHMAD RIDHA JUNAID, PHAN MINH TAM, IVANNA FEBRISSA, NGUYEN HOAI BAO, TOMOKO MIYAZAKI, DING LI YONG & SHELBY QI WEI WEE

42 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Finding Minahasa Hooded Pitta Pitta forsteni
CHRIS GOODDIE & TROY SHORTELL

49 NOTEBOOK
Taxonomic changes proposed and inferred for Asian birds in 2024
NIGEL J. COLLAR, ALEX J. BERRYMAN & PAUL F. DONALD

61 NEW RECORDS
The first record of Nazca Booby Sula granti for the Philippines
MIKE G. PENNINGTON

63 NEW RECORDS First record of Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes in mainland South-East Asia
SEBASTIAN HIGGINSON & WICH’YANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKIJ

66 NEW RECORDS
First records of two rails for Timor-Leste: Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana and Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
JOSÉ FERNANDES TEIXEIRA

69 NEW RECORDS
First reported observation of White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus in Lao PDR
JAY WHITE & SUVIT CHUEKONGYANG

71 OBSERVATIONS
White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus in the Mongolian Altai
ANDREW LAURIE

88 From the field