BirdingASIA 20

Cover photo: Spangled DrongoDicrurus hottentottus, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, January 2013 by Arabinda Debnath

CONTENTS

15 PIONEER OF ASIAN ORNITHOLOGY
Alfred Russel Wallace N. J. COLLAR & R. P. PRYS-JONES

32 ID FORUM
Flight identification of Milvus migrans lineatus ‘Black-eared’ Kite and Milvus migrans govinda ‘Pariah’ Kite in Nepal and Thailand ROBERT DECANDIDO, TULSI SUBEDI, MARTTI SIPONEN, KASET SUTASHA, ANDREW PIERCE, CHUKIAT NUALSRI & PHILIP D. ROUND

37 FIELD STUDY
Ringing migrant sparrowhawks in southern Thailand CHUKIAT NUALSRI, PHILIP D. ROUND, ANDREW J. PIERCE, KASET SUTASHA, DUANGRAT PHOTHIENG,KRIANGSAK SRIBUAROD, JONATHAN MURRAY & ROBERT DECANDIDO

44 FIELD STUDY
Observations on the breeding of Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura in a human-dominated environment, Gazipur, Dhaka, Bangladesh SAYAM U. CHOWDHURY, MD. SHARIF HOSSAIN SOURAV & SAMIUL MOHSANIN

49 SPECIAL REPORT
Red-whiskered Bulbul: are trapping and unregulated avicultural practices pushing this species towards extinction in Thailand? SUPATCHAYA TECHACHOOCHERT & PHILIP D. ROUND

53 TAXONOMIC UPDATE
Species-level and other interesting taxonomic changes proposed for Asian birds, 2012 T. P. INSKIPP, N. J. COLLAR, J. D. PILGRIM & S. P. MAHOOD

64 CONSERVATION REPORT
Possible breeding of Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri at Muraviovka Park, Far East Russia WIELAND HEIM, KOLJA WOLANSKA, ANDREAS SIEGMUND & ULRICH SCHUSTER

67 CONSERVATION REPORT
Further nesting records of Cheer Pheasant Catreus wallichi in Jhelum valley, Azad Kashmir, PakistanMUHAMMAD NAEEM AWAN & DAVID C. LEE

70 CONSERVATION REPORT
Search for the Critically Endangered Himalayan Quail Ophrysia superciliosa in far west Nepal HEM SAGAR BARAL, SUCHIT BASNET, HATHAN CHAUDHARY, BADRI CHAUDHARY, ANISH TIMSINA & KRISHNA BIDARI

76 FIELD STUDY
Frugivory by spiderhunter Arachnothera species in Peninsular Malaysia AMAR-SINGH HSS

82 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Wood Snipe Gallinago nemoricola in Bhutan’s Phobjikha valley JAMES A. EATON & ANDREW G. DUFF

84 FIELD STUDY
Why are juvenile Himalayan Vultures Gyps himalayensis in the Xinjiang Tien Shan still at the nest in October? MA MING, DAO CAIWUJIAP, XU GUOHUA, SHAN JIAP, ZHAO XUMAO, MAIMAITIMING AIZIJIANG, XING RUI & LUO BIAO

PHOTO ESSAY
The Amur Falcon story COMPILED BY BRIAN SYKES

93 PHOTOSPOT
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

94 NOTEBOOK
Presumed coprophagia by female Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis on Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker Dicaeum trochileum chick, Yogyakarta, Java, IndonesiaSITI DINIARSIH & JOKO SETIYONO

96 NOTEBOOK
Records of Ward’s Trogon Harpactes wardi in Neora Valley National Park, West Bengal, India BISWAPRIYA RAHUT

98 NOTEBOOK
Notes on the breeding biology of Pink-tailed Bunting Urocynchramus pylzowi ANDREW DIXON, MA MING, CARL ASHFORD & PAUL STAFFORD

100 NOTEBOOK
A leucistic Black-billed Magpie Pica pica in Guide county, Qinghai, China AIZHEN WANG & XIAOREN CHENG

102 NOTEBOOK
Leucistic Black Kite Milvus migrans photographed in southern Mongolia MURUN DOVDON & NYAMBAYAR BATBAYAR

104 ASIA FIRST
The first record of Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus in Eurasia VLADIMIR ARKHIPOV, STEFFEN KOSCHKAR & TOM NOAH

COUNTRY FIRSTS
106 The first record of Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita for Thailand ANDREW J. PIERCE, WORAPHOT BUNKHWAMDI & RUNGSRIT KANJANAVANIT

107 A record of David’s Bush Warbler Bradypterus davidi in Nepal PHILIP D. ROUND & HEM SAGAR BARAL

109 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata: first record for Cambodia ROBERT W. MARTIN & MARDY SEAN

110 Barred Warbler Sylvia nisoria, a new species for Korea and east Asia CHANG-YONG CHOI, CHANG-WANG KANG, NAM-JOON JI, HEE-MAN KANG, MI-RAE OH & JIN-YOUNG PARK

111 Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus: first record for Mongolia OTGONBAYAR BAATARGAL, BUYANDELGER SUURI & RICHARD READING

112 First record of Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis in South Korea HAN KYU KIM

114 First confirmed record of Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus for Indonesia ASMAN ADI PURWANTO & ADI SUGIHARTO

115 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus: first record for the Philippines ROLLY C. URRIZA

116 Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major: first record for Vietnam SÉBASTIEN DELONGLÉE, FLORIAN KLINGEL, WAYNE HODGKINSON & SIMON P. MAHOOD

117 First record of Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius in Bangladesh A. B. M. SAROWAR ALAM & SAYAM U. CHOWDHURY

119 Franklin’s Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan in Goa: a new species for India PAUL I. HOLT, A. SIDNEY ENGLAND, RANDY E. BEATON & JULIET BLOSS

128 OBITUARY
Thomas Jones Roberts 1924–2013

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

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