BirdingASIA 21

Changeable Hawk Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus, Bandipur, Karnataka, India, September 2011 by Clement Francis

Contents

13 SPECIAL REPORT
First nesting record of White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, India HIMADRI SEKHAR MONDAL & GOPINATHAN MAHESWARAN

18 NEWSFLASH
Persecution and killing of Critically Endangered Flores Hawk Eagle Nisaetus floris on Alor, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia PHILIPPE VERBELEN

19 PHOTOSPOT
Two nuthatches in Arunachal Pradesh, India

20 BIRDING HOTSPOT
Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China—a forgotten gem? ANGUS R. LAMONT

28 FIELD STUDY
Sillem’s Mountain Finch Leucosticte sillemi revisited YANN MUZIKA

34 FIELD STUDY
Observations of the ‘Yunnan Parrotbill’ Sinosuthora brunnea ricketti in the lower Jinsha valley, China WENDY WRIGHT, SID FRANCIS, STEB FISHER & YA TANG

37 ASIAN ENIGMAS
Blue-wattled Bulbul Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii and Black-browed Babbler Malacocincla perspicillata: two Sundaic passerines in search of a life N. J. COLLAR

45 LITTLE-KNOWN AREA
Kupang Bay: an internationally significant wetland in West Timor, Indonesia COLIN R. TRAINOR & OKI HIDAYAT

52 ID FORUM
Flight identification and plumage descriptions of six Accipiter species on southbound migration at Khao Dinsor, Chumphon province, Thailand ROBERT DECANDIDO, CHUKIAT NUALSRI, MARTTI SIPONEN, KASET SUTASHA, ANDREW PIERCE, JONATHAN MURRAY & PHILIP D. ROUND

64 NOTEBOOK
Large wintering flocks of Yellow-eyed Pigeon Columba eversmanni at Jorbeer, Bikaner district, Rajasthan, India DAU LAL BOHRA & SRADHA VYAS

66 NOTEBOOK
Kleptoparasitic behaviour of Christmas Island Frigatebirds Fregata andrewsi in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia FRANSISCA NONI TIRTANINGTYAS

68 NOTEBOOK
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana provides feeding opportunities for Grey Herons Ardea cinerea YU-SEONG CHOI, HACHEOL SUNG & SHI-RYONG PARK

70 NOTEBOOK
The description and behaviour of a juvenile Japanese Night Heron Goraschius goisagi in Shanghai, China ANGUS R. LAMONT

71 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
The Grey-breasted Babbler Malacopteron albogulare, a poorly known Sundaic species DING LI YONG, KIM CHUAH LIM, JAMES A. EATON, KOK HUI TAN, WENG THOR LAU & CON FOLEY

76 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
First wintering record of the Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides in South-East Asia, with notes on vocalisations FRANCIS YAP, DING LI YONG, BINGWEN LOW, EMILIE CROS, CON FOLEY, KIM KEANG LIM & FRANK E. RHEINDT

82 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
In search of the Pale-capped Pigeon Columba punicea, a rare and elusive Asian forest-dweller RAMKI SREENIVASAN

84 PHOTO ESSAY
Three little-known Vietnamese birds MANH HUNG LE

86 FIELD STUDY
The avifaunal diversity of Sigiriya Sanctuary and adjacent areas, North Central province, Sri Lanka DUMINDA S.B. DISSANAYAKE, S.M. WELLAPPULIARACHI, J.A.H.U. JAYAKODY, S. K. BANDARA, S.J. GAMAGAE, D.A.C. I. DEERASINGHA & S. WICKRAMASINGHA

94 NOTEBOOK
Observations of the nesting of Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus albonotatus in Manas National Park, Assam, India ANUKUL NATH, DIPANKAR LAHKAR, BHASKOR BARUKIAL & BIBHUTI P. LAHKAR

96 NOTEBOOK
First nesting record of ‘Black-eared Parrotbill’ Paradoxornis nipalensis beaulieui in Vietnam LE MANH HUNG & BRIAN SYKES

98 NOTEBOOK
Nest and nesting characteristics of Red-crested Malkoha Phaenicophaeus superciliosus cagayanensis JOUEL B. TAGGUEG, MERLIJN VAN WEERD & SAMUEL P. TELAN

100 NOTEBOOK
A previously undescribed feature in the plumage of juvenile Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus layardi on Sri Lanka RUVINDA K. DE MEL, SALINDRA K. DAYANANDA, AMILA P. SUMANAPALA, THILANKA PERERA, RANIL P. NANAYAKKARA & MUDITHA WITHANAGE

102 NOTEBOOK
First record of Bold-striped Tit Babbler Macronus (gularis) bornensis brood-hosting Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris MUHAMMAD IQBAL & MUHAMMAD HANDOKO

105 PROJECT REPORT
Survey of wintering Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis in Bangladesh SAMIUL MOHSANIN

107 PROJECT REPORT
Conservation of the Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus around Salkhala Game Reserve, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan MUHAMMAD NAEEM AWAN & FRANCIS BUNER

COUNTRY FIRSTS
112 The first Vietnam records of Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii and Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos LE MANH HUNG, MARK B. ROBBINS & SÉBASTIEN DELONGLÉE

113 A Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel seen over the Mekong River on the Thai-Lao border WICHYANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKIJ

114 Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana: first record for Sri Lanka D. R. VIDANAPATHIRANA, K. D. PRACHNARATHNA, M. D. GEHAN RAJEEV & SUDHEERA BANDARA

116 First record of Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla dukhunensis from the Andaman Islands S. RAJESH KUMAR, C. RAGHUNATHAN, G. MAHESWARAN & K. VENKATARAMAN

118 Caught on camera in the field

128 OBITUARY
Tony Htin Hla 1954–2013

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