Forktail 29 (2013)

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*Forktail* is the Journal of Asian Ornithology published by Oriental Bird Club once a year and distributed to OBC members. In line with OBC Policy, papers are made freely available on the website three years after publication. Prior to this, these issues can be purchased as electronic downloads, or hard copies of most issues can be ordered from our online store.

Full papers
S. P. MAHOOD, A. J. I. JOHN, J. C. EAMES, C. H. OLIVEROS, R. G. MOYLE, HONG CHAMNAN, C. M. POOLE, H. NIELSEN & F. H. SHELDON A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia
Supplementary Online Material below.

N. J. COLLAR & S. VAN BALEN Notes for the conservation of the Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush Garrulax rufifrons
N. J. COLLAR, J. A. EATON & R. O. HUTCHINSON Species limits in the Golden Bulbul Alophoixus (Thapsinillas) affinis complex
VLADIMIR YU. ARKHIPOV, TOM NOAH, STEFFEN KOSCHKAR & FYODOR A. KONDRASHOV Birds of Mys Shmidta, north Chukotka, Russia
PAUL J. LEADER, GEOFF J. CAREY & PAUL I. HOLT Species limits within Rhopophilus pekinensis
PAVEL KVARTALNOV, ABDULNAZAR ABDULNAZAROV, VERONIKA SAMOTSKAYA, JULIA POZNYAKOVA, IRINA ILYINA, ANNA BANNIKOVA & EUGENIA SOLOVYEVA Nesting of the Large-billed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orinus: a preliminary report
FRANCESCO GERMI, AGUS SALIM & ANDREA MINGANTI First records of Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis wintering in Papua (Indonesian New Guinea)
SHIAO-YU HONG, YUAN-HSUN SUN, HSIN-JU WU & CHAO-CHIEH CHEN Spatial distribution of the Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes shaped by natural and man-made factors in Taiwan
M. MONIRUL H. KHAN Population, breeding and threats to the White-rumped Vulture Gyps bengalensis in Bangladesh
JOHN D. FARRINGTON, ZHANG XIULEI & ZHANG MIN The birds of the Longbao National Nature Reserve and surrounding basin, Yushu county, Qinghai, China
LI-HU XIONG & JIAN-JIAN LU Habitat specialisation in the Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei evidence from its distribution and habitat use
MIYUKI MASHIKO & YUKIHIKO TOQUENAGA Increasing variation in population size and species composition ratio in mixed-species heron colonies in Japan
P. C. RASMUSSEN & N. J. COLLAR Phenotypic evidence for the specific and generic validity of Heteroglaux blewitti
H. EDEN W. COTTEE-JONES, JOHN C. MITTERMEIER & DAVID W. REDDING The Moluccan Woodcock Scolopax rochussenii on Obi Island, North Moluccas, Indonesia: a 'lost' species is less endangered than expected
PER ALSTROM, GANG SONG, RUIYING ZHANG, XUEBIN GAO, PAUL I. HOLT, URBAN OLSSON & FUMIN LEI Taxonomic status of Blackthroat Calliope obscura and Firethroat C. pectardens
COLIN R. TRAINOR, STEPHEN J. S. DEBUS, JERRY OLSEN, JANETTE A. NORMAN & LES CHRISTIDIS Bonelliís Eagle Aquila fasciata renschi in the Lesser Sundas, Wallacea: distribution, taxonomic status, likely origins and conservation status
EARL OF CRANBROOK, GOH WEI LIM, LIM CHAN KOON & MUSTAFA ABDUL RAHMAN The species of white-nest swiftlets (Apodidae, Collocaliini) of Malaysia and the origins of house-farm birds: morphometric and genetic evidence
SOMSAK BUATIP, WANCHAMAI KARNTANUT & CORNELIS SWENNEN Nesting period and breeding success of the Little Egret Egretta garzetta in Pattani province, Thailand
SIMON P. MAHOOD, SÉBASTIEN DELONGLÉE, FLORIAN KLINGEL, FALK WICKER & RICHARD CRAIK The status of Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias brunneatus in Vietnam
JOHN C. MITTERMEIER, H. EDEN W. COTTEE-JONES, ENDANG CHRISTINE PURBA, NOVA MAULIDINA ASHURI, EKA HESDIANTI & JATNA SUPRIATNA A survey of the avifauna of Obi island, North Moluccas, Indonesia