BirdingASIA 44

Sulawesi (‘Sangihe’) Pitta Erythropitta (celebensis) caeruleitorques, Pusunge, Kabupaten Kepulauan, Sangihe,
9 September 2024. KHALEB YORDAN/JAKARTA BIRDER

3 Chair’s letter

4 BIRDING HOTSPOTS
Seeing Philippine specialities on Bohol
MATT EADE

15 BIRDING TALES
Cerulean dreams: birding Sangihe, Indonesia
CHRIS GOODDIE

26 CONSERVATION
Tangled no more? How China’s action on mist-nets could lead a regional revival for migratory birds
JINGHUI QIU, BOYA JIANG & TERRY TOWNSHEND

32 CONSERVATION
The great rivers of Bangladesh: an overlooked landscape for birds and conservation
SAYAM U. CHOWDHURY

49 PHOTOSPOT
White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis
JONATHAN P. SLIFKIN

54 NEW COUNTRY RECORDS
First record and breeding of Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri in the Philippines
SEGUNDO F. CONALES JR., ANGELIQUE M. SONGCO, ARNE JENSEN & CRESENCIO P. CARANAY JR.

58 NEW COUNTRY RECORDS
Records of vagrants in Mongolia, including two species new to the country
THOMAS HALLFARTH, MAX HALLFARTH, ELMAR FUCHS, FALCO EIGNER & ERIK SCHEUERMANN

64 NEW RECORDS
Range extension of Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus to Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, Uttarakhand, India
DEVAVRAT PAWAR, SAIBA RANA PAWAR, KRISHNA RAWAT, CHRISTI SYLVIA, PRANAV CHANCHANI, DIPANKAR GHOSE, CHARU SHARMA, SHAHID HAMEED & TARUN SRIDHARA

71 NOTEBOOK
Notes on the nesting of the Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella in Panti Forest Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia
SOON HAUR TEO, SZE KAI SIM & KIM CHUAH LIM

77 NOTEBOOK
The first confirmed breeding record of Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus in Hong Kong
ORCA H.B. YU & CARMEN K.M. OR

81 FROM THE FIELD
Compiled by SIMON RODDIS & TIM LOSEBY

98 OBC IN ACTION
Conservation Fund
Compiled by PAUL INSUA-CAO, RICHARD GRIMMETT, DUNCAN MCNIVEN & GRAHAM HIRONS

106 REVIEWS
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. Second edition.
FRANK LAMBERT

Nightjars of the world: a guide to the Caprimulgidae.
FRANK LAMBERT