BirdingASIA 9
BIRDINGASIA 9
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CONTENTS
Species-level changes proposed for Asian birds, 2005–2006 N. J. COLLAR & J. D. PILGRIM
COUNTRY SPECIAL: TIMOR-LESTE
Birds, birding and conservation in Timor-Leste COLIN R. TRAINOR, FERNANDO SANTANA, PEDRO PINTO, ALMEIDA F. XAVIER, ROGER SAFFORD & RICHARD GRIMMETT
Field characteristics and distribution of an overlooked Charadrius plover from South-East Asia DAVID N. BAKEWELL AND PETER R. KENNERLEY
Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina and the avian X-factor PAUL JEPSON
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus: the largest waterbird in East Asia, and the rarest? YAT-TUNG YU & CHEN ZHIHONG
PHOTOSPOT
Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Mekong Wagtail Motacilla samveasnae—resident breeder in Vietnam? LE TRONG TRAI & RICHARD C. CRAIK
LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Hodgson’s Bushchat Saxicola insignis in the Mongolian Altai AXEL BRÄUNLICH & JÜRGEN STEUDTNER
NOTEBOOK
Oriental Pied Hornbill: two recent failed nesting attempts on mainland Singapore Y. C. WEE, K. C. TSANG, MELINDA CHAN, Y. M. CHAN & ANGIE NG
Rail Babbler Eupetes macrocerus calling display JOHN BOWLER
Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma on the island of Manukan, off Sabah, Malaysia JEAN-FRANCOIS BOURHIS, EDIAL DEKKER, GERARD OUWENEEL & LAURENS STEIJN
Some observations of nesting Rufous-chested Flycatcher Ficedula dumetoria and Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias umbratilis in Peninsular Malaysia YONG DING LI & LIM KIM CHUAH
Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus breeding in Jiangxi province, east-central China ROGER WILKINSON, SIMON DOWELL, HE FEN-QI & LIN JIAN-SHENG
The Eastern Grass Owl Tyto (capensis) longimembris in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo) NOOR HISHAM HAMID, HAFIDZI MOHD NOOR, SUKRI TAIB ISMAIL & MOHD ASWAD ABDUL WAHAB
Nesting records of Eastern Grass Owl Tyto (capensis) longimembris in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand CHAIYAN KASORNDORKBUA, AKALAK KUNSORN & CHAIWAT WONGCHAI
REDISCOVERY
White-speckled Laughingthrush Garrulax bieti rediscovered in Sichuan, China BJORN ANDERSON & NICK DYMOND
Observations of Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea during 2001–2007 in South Sumatra province, Indonesia MUHAMMAD IQBAL & FERRY HASUDUNGAN
PROJECT REPORT
Ecology and conservation of the Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea in Cambodia OMALISS KEO
Plus regular sections: Letter from the Chairman, OBC in action: Conservation Fund, Smythies Fund, From the Field, Reviews.
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