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Oriental Bird Club, UK registered charity 297242, now has over 2000 members in
over 50 countries.
Each year members receive:
* Forktail, Oriental Bird Club's journal, containing papers on
distribution, conservation, ecology and biology of the region's birds
* two BirdingASIA OBC Bulletins containing news, recent reports, reviews
and feature articles.
Meetings are arranged for members with illustrated presentations on different
aspects of oriental birds and conservation.
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BirdingASIA 11 June 2009: contents
* SPECIAL REPORT Oriental Galliformesâ"emblems of Asiaâs natural treasure
PHILIP McGOWAN
18
* PIONEER OF ASIAN ORNITHOLOGY Gerd Heinrich
N. J. COLLAR
33
* 25th ANNIVERSARY REPORT Lost, found and savedâ"OBC conservation: the
next 25 years
NIGEL J. COLLAR & BRIAN R. SYKES
41
* ASIAN ENIGMA Is Vaurieâs Nightjar Caprimulgus centralasicus a valid
species?
PAUL J. LEADER
47
* ID FORUM Fire-tailed Sunbirds Aethopyga ignicauda in north-west Thailand
and notes on their identification
PHILIP D. ROUND & AKALAK KUNSORN
51
* ID FORUM Notes on the status and identification of the Silvery Pigeon
Columba argentina
YONG DING LI
53
* BIRDING HOTSPOT Flores and Komodo: two islands of Northern Nusa Tenggara
ATTILA SIMAY, TAMAS ZALAI & ZOLTAN ECSEDI
59
* OBCs 25th ANNIVERSARY PHOTOSPOT SPECIAL
64
* BIRD TO WATCH Observations of Milky Storks Mycteria cinerea in Percut,
North Sumatra, Indonesia
CHRIS R. SHEPHERD & GIYANTO
70
* BIRD TO WATCH A note on the breeding success of Milky Stork Mycteria
cinerea in 2008, South Sumatra province, Indonesia and more on its diet
MUHAMMAD IQBAL, FADLY TAKARI, HERI MULYONO & RASAM
73
Bornean Bristlehead
BirdingASIA 11 cover
(James Eaton/Birdtour Asia)
* BIRD TO WATCH Nordmannâs Greenshank Tringa guttifer reappears in
Singapore after a 27-year break
TAN GIM CHEONG
75
* BIRD TO WATCH Return of the Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon: a
reintroduction programme in Shaanxi province, China
YU XIAO-PING, CHANG XIU-YUN, LI XIA, CHEN WEN-GUI & SHI LIANG
80
* REDISCOVERY Worcesterâs Buttonquail Turnix worcesteri rediscovered at
Dalton Pass
DESMOND ALLEN
83
* SPECIAL REPORT An emerging Asian taste for owls? Enforcement agency
seizes 1,236 owls and other wildlife in Malaysia
CHRIS R. SHEPHERD & LORETTA ANN SHEPHERD
85
* BIRDS AND PEOPLE The Demoiselle Cranes Grus virgo of Kheechan, Rajasthan,
India
ANANDA BANERJEE
87
BIRDS AND PEOPLE Nesting of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in northern
Thailand
RATTANAWAT CHAIYARAT, WITTAYA KAEWSRI, AREERAK DARAVIROJ & SUPHAT
PRASOPSIN
90
* PROJECT REPORT The Javan Hawk Eagle Spizaetus bartelsi: observations on a
breeding pair and concerns for its future
ADAM A. SUPRIATNA
93
* FIELD STUDY Observations at a nest of Malayan Whistling Thrush Myophonus
robinsoniin the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
ALLAN TEO & Y. C. WEE
95
* NOTEBOOK The Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis and its gular sac
ADRIAN T. H. LIM, L. K. WANG & Y. C. WEE
98
* NOTEBOOK Observation of the mobbing of a Javan Hawk Eagle Spizaetus
bartelsi by an Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
IMAM TAUFIQURRAHMAN
102
* NOTEBOOK First record of Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans in Malaysia
LIM KIM CHYE & LIM SWEE YIAN
103
* NOTEBOOK The juvenile plumage and vocalisations of Giant Scops Owl
Mimizuku gurneyi
SIMON HARRAP
104
* NOTEBOOK Observations of a nesting Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
in Taman Negara, Peninsular Malaysia
JOHN WRIGHT
105
* NOTEBOOK Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani: first record for Vietnam
and South-East Asia
JOHN WRIGHT
106
* NOTEBOOK The âFly the Vulture Homeâ project
SIMON RODDIS
107
* PHOTOSPOT SPECIAL An Odyssey in search of little-known Indonesian birds
118
* PHOTOSPOT Caught on camera in the field
125
* OBITUARY Ravi Sankaranâ"a life of courage and conviction
T. R. SHANKAR RAMAN & DIVYA MUDAPPA
126
