BirdingASIA 12 — Oriental Bird Club

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BirdingASIA 12

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BIRDINGASIA 12

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CONTENTS

TAXONOMIC UPDATE
Species-level changes suggested for Asian birds, 2007-2008 J. D. PILGRIM, T. P. INSKIPP & N. J. COLLAR

COMMENTARY
New species in photographs: risks, rights and responsibilities N. J. COLLAR

DISCOVERY
"Spectacled Flowerpecker": a species new to science discovered in Borneo? DAVID P. EDWARDS, RICHARD E. WEBSTER & ROSE ANN ROWLETT

DISCOVERY
The discovery of Large-billed Reed Warblers Acrocephalus orinus in north-eastern Afghanistan ROBERT J. TIMMINS, NAQEEBULLAH MOSTAFAWI, ALI MADAD RAJABI, HAFIZULLAH NOORI, STEPHANE OSTROWSKI, URBAN OLSSON, LARS SVENSSON & COLIN M. POOLE

BIRDING HOTSPOT
Sundarbans: Bangladesh's unique birding hotspot M. MONIRUL H. KHAN

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
The newly described Bare-faced Bulbul Pycnonotus hualon JOHN D. PILGRIM, JONATHAN C. EAMES & DAVID GANDY

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Sumatran Babbler Pellorneum buetikofferi PHILIPPE VERBELEN

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
White-eared Night Heron Gorsachius magnificus in Ba Be National Park, Vietnam JONATHAN C. EAMES & LE MANH HUNG

LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
The Enggano Thrush Zoothera leucolaema with some notes on its vocalisations PHILIPPE VERBELEN

OBC's 25th ANNIVERSARY PHOTOSPOT SPECIAL

PIONEERS OF ASIAN ORNITHOLOGY
The new generation - pioneers of Oriental birding ADRIAN PITCHES

SPOTLIGHT ON WETAR
The birds of Wetar, Banda Sea: one of Indonesia's forgotten islands COLIN R. TRAINOR, IMANUDDIN, FIRMANN ALDY, PHILIPPE VERBELEN & JONATHAN S. WALKER

ASIAN ENIGMA
Is the Double-banded Argus Argusianus bipunctatus a valid species? G. W. H. DAVISON & P. J. K. MCGOWAN

ID FORUM
Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer on Cemara beach, Jambi, Indonesia FRANSISCA NONI TIRTANINGTYAS & JOOST PHILIPPA

BIRDS AND PEOPLE
The Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka and Oriental Bird Club: 25 years for the birds S. W. KOTAGAMA

BIRDS AND PEOPLE
A review of the current knowledge and status of tame Great Cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo in China LUI HE & DAVID GRÉMILLET

25th ANNIVERSARY REPORT
OBC conservation: news update and requests for practical help BRIAN SYKES

BIRD TO WATCH
Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus: last chance to save EVGENY E. SYROECHKOVSKIY, CHRISTOPH ZÜCKLER & JEREMY P. BIRD

BIRDS TO WATCH
Reviewing the conservation status of three Asian Aquila eagles JEREMY P. BIRD & ANDREW J. SYMES

BIRD TO WATCH
Is the Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris in Asia? NICOLA CROCKFORD

CONSERVATION REPORT
The Asian Gyps vulture crisis: the role of captive breeding in India to prevent total extinction CHRIS BOWDEN

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

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