BIRDINGASIA 32

Whitehead’s Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi, Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, 25 June 2019, by Stijn de Win.

 CONTENTS

3 Chairman’s letter

4 BirdingASIA briefings

7 OBC in action

10 CONSERVATION CONCERN Gurney’s Pitta Hydrornis gurneyi: quo vadis? BRIAN SYKES

12 NEWSFLASH: LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN SPECIES Unexpected discovery in the Cardamom Rainforest Landscape, Cambodia: a White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus in Botum Sakor National Park THOMAS N. E. GRAY, ROMICA GROSU & CHUM SOKKHENG

15 rediscovery: Defying extinction? The possible rediscovery of Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet Trichoglossus forsteni form mitchellii on Bali, Indonesia OKA DWI PRIHATMOKO, MOCHAMAD SAIFUDIN, HUSNAENI NUGROHO & WASKITO KUKUH WIBOWO

19 CONSERVATION REPORT Feeding stations for wintering Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis in Thailand CHAIYAN KASORNDORKBUA, RAT PUANRAK, SITTHICHAI IMJITR, DARA NAPAPHET & SIRAMET NITHIPHATSOPHON

24 CONSERVATION REPORT Safeguarding a nest of the Critically Endangered Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil in Kalimantan, Indonesia, with notes on the nesting behaviour ADAM E. MILLER, RIKARDUS, MAREGA, INDAH SARTIKA SARI, NOVIA SAGITA, DEMI GARY & SADTATA NOOR ADIRAHMANTA

30 birds and people: Advancing regional ornithology using freely available online images: the case of the distribution of the Variable Wheatear Oenanthe picata in India K. S. GOPI SUNDAR, VIJAY KUMAR KOLI & SWATI KITTUR

34 project report: Conservation of Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora in Gn Sewu Geopark, Yogyakarta province, Java, Indonesia IRFAN ROSYADI, ARIF RUDIYANTO, ABDURRAHMAN, HERI SISWANTO, WIDODO S. PAMUJI & UJANG SUHENDAR

38 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD The first camera-trap images of the little-known Sulawesi Woodcock Scolopax celebensis from the Minahasa Peninsula, Sulawesi, Indonesia ALFONS PATANDUNG, IWAN HUNOWU, HERMAN TEGUH, ARIEF RAHMAN, REYDI MANAHAMPI & LUCIANO GAWINA

41 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD Notes on the identification of the Himalayan Grasshopper Warbler Locustella kashmirensis and an update on its distribution C. ABHINAV

50 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD A systematic survey for the Critically Endangered Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi in the Northwest Panay Peninsula Natural Park, Philippines DAPHNE KERHOAS, JENNY POOLE & MARK ABRAHAMS

56 Photospot: Negros Bleeding-heart Gallicolumba keayi

58 FIELD STUDY Significant numbers of Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus found during waterbird surveys at Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China ZIYOU YANG, YONGXIANG HAN, JING LI, SHANGXIAO CAI, JIN GUO, LE XIANG, LIN ZHANG & CHI-YEUNG CHOI

65 FIELD STUDY The status of the Japanese Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata and Chinese Paradise Flycatcher T. incei in Indonesia MUHAMMAD N. JANRA, FANGYUAN HUA, AADREAN, LIZA M. FITRI, DAVID GUSMAN & WILSON NOVARINO

74 field study: New records of breeding Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana and Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus on islets in Lanuza Bay, Surigao del Sur province, north-east Mindanao, Philippines GREGORIO E. DE LA ROSA Jr, J. KAHLIL B. PANOPIO, DANILO DELIZO Jr & JULIANA COFFEY

80 conservation update: Surveys in 2018 along the Mekong River, northern Kratie province, Cambodia, indicate a decade of declines in populations of threatened bird species JOHN C. MITTERMEIER, ERIK M. SANDVIG & MERLIJN JOCQUE

93 conservation update: Recent records of threatened birds in the Sukilaphanta Grassland, Suklaphanta National Park, Nepal, with particular focus on Whitethroated Bushchat Saxicola insignis and Finn’s Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus HARI BASNET, DEELIP CHAND THAKURI, KULDEEP BHETWAL, DEVRAJ JOSHI & LAXMAN PRASAD POUDYAL

97 range extension Record of Javan Flameback Chrysocolaptes strictus from Gn Lawu, Central Java, Indonesia ADITYA & YOSHE RAHMAD AL KARIM

99 conservation alert: Discovery of a new wintering area for Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis in Bangladesh SAYAM U. CHOWDHURY, MOHAMMAD FOYSAL, NAZIM UDDIN PRINCE, SAMIUL MOHSANIN, MOHSIN K. MIRON & A. B. M. SAROWAR ALAM

102 CONSERVATION alert The trading of the Orange-spotted Bulbul Pycnonotus bimaculatus and Aceh Bulbul P. snouckaerti in Indonesia BOYD T. C. LEUPEN & LALITA GOMEZ

108 birds & people: Birds and coffee: community-led conservation in Jatimulyo village, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia IMAM TAUFIQURRAHMAN, SIDIQ HARJANTO & KELIK SUPARNO

112 LITTLE-KNOWN AREA Pakistan’s birds and birdwatching today: a preview SARFRAZ HAYAT & BRIAN SYKES

114 NOTEBOOK First nesting record of Changeable Hawk Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus in the Philippines BOSCO PUI LOK CHAN

116 NOTEBOOK Nesting and parenting behaviour of the Sri Lankan endemic race of Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica in a Colombo district garden, Sri Lanka HASITHA PERERA & RANUKI HANSALI PERERA

119 NOTEBOOK New altitudinal record for Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii from Upper Mustang district, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal RISHI BARAL & RAM KAJI LAMA

120 NOTEBOOK First record of White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis from Kamlang Tiger Reserve, Lohit district, Arunachal Pradesh, India TARU HABUNG, KOJ TASSER & TAKHE BAMIN

122 NOTEBOOK New altitudinal record for the Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii from the Sikkim Himalaya, India PREM K. CHHETRI, KUSAL GURUNG & BIJOY CHHETRI

124 NOTEBOOK First evidence of the Kalij Pheasant Lophura leucomelanos in the Banke National Park, south-west Nepal SHAILENDRA KUMAR YADAV, ASHOK SUBEDI & RISHI BARAL

126 NOTEBOOK A Purple Heron Ardea purpurea with a rare type of the pigment deficiency ‘dilution’ DIMAS HARYO PRADANA & WENDY A. MUSTAQIM

127 NOTEBOOK Sightings of lowland birds at higher altitudes in the Gasa district, Bhutan KARMA SHERUB & LEKI WANGDI

129 NOTEBOOK Further records of Japanese Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata from Java, Indonesia IMAM TAUFIQURRAHMAN, KOESTRIADI NUGRA PRASETYA, TONI ARTAKA, KELIK SUPARNO & INDANG FITRIADI DERMAWAN

132 Country first: First photographic record of Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda for Myanmar CHRISTOPH ZÖCKLER, STEFAN PFÜTZKE & JOACHIM SEITZ

135 From the field