BIRDINGASIA 36
BirdingASIA 36
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Bali Mynas Leucopsar rothschildi, Bali Barat National Park, Bali, Indonesia, November 2018, by James Eaton.
CONTENTS
3 BirdingASIA Briefings
11 Reviews
13 EDITORIAL
Sangihe’s forest birds under threat
ALEX J. BERRYMAN
16 CONSERVATION UPDATE
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on songbird conservation
VICKI GUTHRIE, SOFIYA SHUKHOVA, SERENE C. L. CHNG & JESSICA G. H. LEE
22 IDFORUM
Identification of the Narcissus Flycatcher−Yellow-rumped Flycatcher complex in subadult and female plumages
DAVID N. BAKEWELL, PHILIP D. ROUND, AYUWAT JEARWATTANAKANOK, JAMES A. EATON, PARK JONG-GIL & YOSHIMITSU SHIGETA
36 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Visayan Plumed-warbler Micromacronus leytensis
ROBERT O. HUTCHINSON
39 FIELD STUDY
The vocalisations of two little-known Himalayan birds, Orange Bullfinch Pyrrhula aurantiaca and Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni, with some field notes on diet and foraging behaviours
ANDREW J. SPENCER & PUJA SHARMA
45 NOTEBOOK
Evidence of a ‘spring’ Stercorarius skua passage off western Sri Lanka
GARY ALLPORT, MODITHA HIRANYA KODIKARA ARACHCHI & LESTER PERERA
53 BIRDING SITES
Birdwatching areas of Bangladesh
PAUL M. THOMPSON
61 ID FORUM
Brief remarks on the phenotypic variability of White-shouldered Triller Lalage sueurii in comparison to White-winged Triller L. tricolor
THORE KOPPETSCH & TILL TÖPFER
66 BIRDING AREA
San Kala Khiri Proposed National Park: an important site for the conservation of Large Green-pigeon Treron capellei and other globally threatened species in Thailand
INGKAYUT SA-AR, WICH’YANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKIJ, PORNTHIP SUNTONSAWAT, AYUWAT JEARWATTANAKANOK, PHAYUDECT PERKHONG, KRIT ADIREK, SAKSIT KHUNNARONG, DING LI YONG & JAMES A. EATON
76 TAXONOMIC UPDATE
Taxonomic insights on Asian birds published in 2020
PAUL F. DONALD & NIGEL J. COLLAR
93 PHOTOSPOT
Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei and Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
95 FIELD STUDY
Field notes on the breeding behaviour and vocalisations of Tytler’s Leaf-warbler Phylloscopus tytleri, and an eastern extension of its breeding range in the Himalaya
PUJA SHARMA
103 NOTEBOOK
Observations of nesting Whitehead’s Spiderhunter Arachnothera juliae in northern Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
SIEW TECK YEO & DING LI YONG
106 CONSERVATION ALERT
Two major bird habitats declared as national parks in Assam
ANWARUDDIN CHOUDHURY
109 NEW RECORDS
New and interesting avifaunal records for Pakistan, 2013–2021
AZAN KARAM & ZAFEER AHMED SHAIKH
116 NEW RECORDS
First records of Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata from Timor-Leste (Timor island), Sumbawa and Flores islands, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
JAFET POTENZO LOPES, MARK SCHELLEKENS, YOVIE JEHABUT, SALEH AMIN, JAN VERHOEYE & COLIN R. TRAINOR
119 NEW RECORDS
The first occurrence of ‘Masked Wagtail’ Motacilla alba personata in the Philippines
ADRIAN M. CONSTANTINO & ROBERT O. HUTCHINSON
121 From the field