BirdingASIA 19

Cover photo: the stunning Ludlow’s Fulvetta Alcippe ludlowi, East Arunachal, India, March 2012 by Chewang Bonpo

CONTENTS

18 BIRDWATCHERS IN ACTION
The east–west migration of Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis and other raptors in Nepal and India ROBERT DECANDIDO, SURYA GURUNG, TULSI SUBEDI & DEBORAH ALLEN

26 CONSERVATION REPORT
Rampant shorebird trapping threatens Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus in south-west Guangdong, China JONATHAN MARTINEZ & RICHARD LEWTHWAITE

31 CONSERVATION REPORT
The Amur bird project at Muraviovka Park in Far East Russia WIELAND HEIM & SERGEI M. SMIRENSKI

34 FIELD STUDY
Breeding Barred Eagle Owl Bubo sumatranus sumatranus in Johor, Malaysia CON FOLEY, LAU WENG THOR, LAU JIA SHENG & TAN KOK HUI

38 ASIAN ENIGMA
The elusive Negros Fruit Dove Ptilinopus arcanus sixty years on N. J. COLLAR & F. R. LAMBERT

43 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Second record of Rufous-headed Robin Luscinia ruficeps outside its breeding range and a description of its first-winter plumage SIMON P. MAHOOD, JAMES A. EATON & PAUL J. LEADER

48 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
Discovery of the Critically Endangered Flores Hawk Eagle Nisaetus floris on Alor island, Indonesia PETER COLLAERTS, ERWIN COLLAERTS, PHILIPPE VERBELEN & COLIN R. TRAINOR

52 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD
A daytime sighting of the Black-lored Parrot Tanygnathus gramineus CRAIG ROBSON

54 NOTEBOOK
A nest of the little-known Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Sitta cinnamoventris tonkinensis PHILIP ROUND, WICHYANAN LIMPARUNGPATTHANAKIJ & SAARD YOUYEN

57 NOTEBOOK
The first record of a ringed Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus at a wintering site in southern China QING ZENG, JINGMING ZHANG, HONGYAN LI, KAI LU & GUANGCHUN LEI

59 NOTEBOOK
Giant Scops Owl Otus [Mimizuku] gurneyi restored to the Samar avifauna D. N. S. ALLEN & N. J. COLLAR

61 NOTEBOOK
Symbiotic cleaning interaction between Common Myna Acridotheres tristis and Black-naped Hare Lepus nigricollis in Sri Lanka CHRISTOPHER WILLS

63 BIRD TO WATCH
A species in serious trouble: Baer’s Pochard Aythya baeri is heading for extinction in the wild RICHARD HEARN, XUDONG TAO & GEOFF HILTON

68 CONSERVATION REPORT
In search of the Javanese Lapwing Vanellus macropterus 2001–2012 MUHAMMAD IQBAL, TEGUH LESTIYANTO, WASKITO KUKUH WIBOWO, IMAM TAUFIQURRAHMAN & LUTFIAN NAZAR

73 CONSERVATION REPORT
The current status of some important species in Con Dao National Park, Vietnam LE MANH HUNG

78 CONSERVATION REPORT
Breeding ecology and nest-site selection of Bridled Sterna anaethetus and Roseate Terns Sterna dougallii on Wuyu islet, Lemen group, Guangdong province, China JUNHUA HU, YANG LIU & HUIJIAN HU

83 ID FORUM
Identification of South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean PRAVEEN J., DIPU KARUTHEDATHU, MIKE PRINCE, MUHAMED JAFER PALOT & SHASHANK DALVI

89 ID FORUM
The distinction between the two forms of Ryukyu Robin Luscinia komadori komadori and Luscinia komadori namiyei OTANI CHIKARA

92 SPECIAL REPORT
Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus: legal protection and enforcement action in Malaysia CHRIS R. SHEPHERD, LORETTA ANN SHEPHERD & KAITLYN-ELIZABETH FOLEY

95 PHOTO ESSAY
The kingfishers of Goa AMANO SAMARPAN

99 RANGE EXTENSION
First record of Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis from Ladakh, India SUBHARANJAN SEN & GOBIND SAGAR BHARDWAJ

100 NOTEBOOK
Seven new ornithological records for Xinjiang province,China,and notes on some alien species MING MA, JINQING DING, HONG GUO, YAHUI HUANG, ZHENGXUE ZHANG & XINBAO LI

104 NOTEBOOK
Black Ibis Pseudibis papillosa nesting on power transmission line pylons, Gujarat, India A. H. MOHAMED SAMSOOR ALI, S. RAMESH KUMAR & P. R. ARUN

107 CONSERVATION UPDATE
Good news for vulture conservation in SouthAsia TOBY H. GALLIGAN

109 DISCOVERY
The discovery of a new Locustella bush warbler on the island of Taliabu, Indonesia FRANK E. RHEINDT & ROBERT O. HUTCHINSON

111 DISCOVERY
Rinjani Scops Owl Otus jolandae revealed on Lombok, Lesser Sundas, Indonesia COMPILED BY BRIAN SYKES FOR BIRDINGASIA

113 COUNTRY FIRST
Common Stonechat Saxicolator quatus: a first record for Sri Lanka B. Y. HEMANTHA SENEVIRATNE & SARATH C. SENEVIRATNE

COUNTRY FIRSTS
115 Indian Vulture Gyps indicus: first record for Nepal TULSI R. SUBEDI & ROBERT DECANDIDO

117 First record of Hume’s Warbler Phylloscopus humei for Bangladesh JAMES PENDER

119 First confirmed record of Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor in Cambodia ROBERT N. VAN ZALINGE, JONATHAN C. EAMES & SENG KIM HOUT

121 Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps: the first records for Cambodia SIMON P. MAHOOD & ROBERT W. MARTIN

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

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