DOCSLIB.ORG

Money Order for $15.00 Plus Postage ($3.50 to U.S

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Money Order for $15.00 Plus Postage ($3.50 to U.S Froehlich uses the Humphrey-Parkes (H-P) molt said to be "...the birds of mainland southeast As•a, terminology,as does Pyle. The two booksare thus the Philippinesand Borneo, includingpeninsular fullycompatible. Steven N. G. Howellet al. recently Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, South proposeda revisionto thisterminologywherein the China, Hong Kong and Taiwan." The rest of prejuvenalmolt is equivalentto the first prebasic Indonesia is not included. Although the original molt and the presupplementaland first prebasic concept was for the book to be "as complete as molts of H-P are called formative molts. If this possible," practicality dictated that it mainly revisionis adopted, as I expect it will be in Pyle's features "easy-to-see"species. It is intended for part II, thereis considerablepotential for confusion "birders" and has no other relevance to b•rd among inexperiencedbanders attemptingto use banding. Pyle and/orFroelich. I hopethat bothbooks will be revised accordingly.Jenni and Winkler, adding to The book is handy field-guidesize (13 cm. x 19 the confusion,used yet another terminology! cm.). There are two pages of Acknowledgements, 12 pages of thorough Introduction,dealing with Any bander at all uncertainof the principlesand The Joy of Birdwatching, Birding Techniques, practiceof determiningage of birdsby plumage,or Habitats, The Bird Year, Places to Go and intimidatedby Pyle, will benefit from Froehlich's Conservation which includes a list of endemics. book. The book also shouldbe requiredreading in Taiwan now has 15 endemics, up from 14 since every bander training program. If I could make this bookwas published.This introductorysection reading Froehlich a prerequisite for purchasing is one of the best that I have come across. The Pyle, I would! "How to Use This Book" section includes Area Covered (see above), Nomenclature,Taxonomy Froehlich's book can be purchased by check or and Sequence (as in A Field Guide to the Birds of moneyorder for $15.00 pluspostage ($3.50 to U.S. South-EastAsiaby King,Dickinson and Woodcock, destinations,$5.00 elsewhere) from Slate Creek 19751,with smalladjustments), Family and Genus, Press, Box 219, Bolinas, CA 94970. Readers with Photographs, Bird Topography, Voice, Habits, Internet access can find further ordering infor- Distribution and Status, Abundance Code and mation at http://www.birdpop.org. GloballyThreatened Status. The back of the book includesa useful Glossary, Selected Bibliography Kenneth M. Burton and a small Further Information section listing Box 716 details on Oriental Bird Club, Birdlife International Inverness, CA 94937-0716 and Nature's Niche Pte., Ltd., a book store in Singapore. There are 668 species covered as listed in the A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF Index of ScientificNames, with a distributionmap for each. In the Index of Common Names, the SOUTHEAST ASIA, INCLUDING THE species count is slightlymisleading, as some are PHILIPPINES & BORNEO. By Morten Strange. double entries (e.g., "Flyeater"= "Golden-bellied 2000. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Gerygone"). The descriptionon the 'back cover 398 pp., 700+ photographs.Soft cover. $29.95. reads "...more than 700 brilliant color photo- This book on southeastern Asian birds was the graphs..." I counted 736. brain child of Eric Oey, the C.E.O. of Periplus Approximately60% of the photographsare by Editions (H.K.) Ltd. The idea was to publish a Morten Strange; the remaining 40% were by 11 photographicbook, as complete as possible,on the birds of southeastern Asia and Indoneasia in other photographers.Most of the photographsare of highquality. Having dabbled in bird photography guide book format. It would comprise part of a myself,I appreciatehow difficultit must have been series of PeriplusNature Guides on that region. to get some of the shots. However, field guides Professionalbird photographer Morten Strange based on photographsinstead of drawings have agreed to author the book. The area covered is obvious limitations. As any bird photographer Jan - Mar 2004 NorthAmerican B•rd Bander Page 23 knows,some subjectsare more cooperativethan residentthrough the region; migrantonly in Hong others, and some are extremely difficult; also Kong, Singaporeand Borneo, includingBrunei." photographicequipment and techniques vary. The This book treats Striated Swallow Hirundo striolata book is not intendedas a "standalone" field guide, as a subspeCiesof Red-rumped.Other authors but ratheras a supplementto fieldguides that use treat Red-rumpedSwallow as onlymigrant through drawings.Plumage descriptions are limitedto a Taiwan and Striated Swallow as a resident sentence or two. The author states: "The birds in species. the photosappear exactlyas you will encounter them with no artisticadjustments." Perhaps. For p. 252: Spangled Drongo Dicrurus the vast majorityof speciescovered, there is only hottentottusis shown as breedingin Taiwan. This one photograph.In most species with sexual is apparentlyincorrect; confusion may have arisen dimorphism,the more colorfulsex is shown,with becausesome authorsindicate that subspeciesD. the less colorfuldescribed very briefly. Immatures h. brevirostris breeds in central and eastern China are also describedonly briefly.Resident birds are and Taiwan. Accordingto Clements, none of the shown in breedingplumage, while migrants are subspeciesof D. hottentotusbreed in Taiwan, shown in non-breedingplumage. Some other where it is consideredextremely rare? useful informationis omitted entirely. p. 281: MountainMorrison Laughingthrush Some specificcauses for concernare: Garrulax morrisonianus. Clements users would p. 53: Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius have a difficulttime with that Englishname! It is melanolophus:Only the immature is shown. The betterknown as White-whiskeredLaughingthrush. text says that this speciesis "vagrantin Taiwan..." This is incorrect.The species is present in Taiwan p. 287: Formosan Barwing [Taiwan all year in small numbersin the botanicalgardens Barwing]Actinodura morrisoniana. The photo is in Taipei, the Chaiyi AgriculturalExperimental partly overexposedand not helpful. Station, and suitablehabitat elsewhere. The Jap- anese Night-Heron,which may be confused with p. 291: Grey-cheeked Fulvetta A/cippe the Malayan, is omitted entirely. The Japanese morrisonia.The photo is overexposed.There is Night-Heron occasionallyreaches the Chinese littleto distinguishit from Mountain Fulvettaon the mainland and Taiwan. facing page. p. 82: Rufous-bellied Eagle Hieraaetus p. 295: Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia kieneriisso darkin thisphotograph that it is difficult ca//iope.The photois overexposed.This speciesis to see the field marks described. rare in Taiwan in winter? p. 113: Nordmann'sGreenshank [Spotted p. 295: SiberianBlue RobinLuscinia cyane. Greenshank]Tringa guttifer. There are only a few The photo is of a rather drab female. This species recordsfrom Taiwan in spiteof the indicationon the is only a vagrant in Taiwan in winter? winteringrange map? p. 307: IslandThrush Turduspoliocepha/us p. 182: Black-cappedKingfisher Ha/cyon is a wide-rangingspecies with 50 subspecies, pileata is shown on the distributionmap as according to Clements (pp. 418-419). The breedingin Taiwanwith no qualifyingtext, making subspeciesshown in the photographis notnamed. it appear as common a breeder as Common Kingfisher,whereas it is in fact extremely rare p. 312: White-tailed Leaf Warbler there. 2 Phy//oscopusdavisoni. The photois overexposed. The identificationfeatures are yellow wash in p. 226: Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo grayishsupercilium and underparts,but I don'tsee dauricais shownas breedingin Taiwan. The text a yellowishwash in the photo. reads: "A wide-spread and locally common Page 24 North American Bird Bander Vol 29 No 1 p. 320: Bright-cappedCisticola [Golden- the field would be limited.If you have room in your headedCisticola] Cisticola exilis. Which subspecies luggage, take it with you to southeasternAsia, but is this?Again, we are not told. It is certainlynot the do not rely on it as your sole field guide. If your Taiwan suspecies,which has a very pale head. destination is Taiwan only, leave this book at home. p. 343: Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus.This species is a vagrant in Taiwan? Jo Ann MacKenzie 15341-21st Ave. p. 374: BrownBullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis. Surrey, BC V4A 6A8 Birders would have some difficulty identifying BrownBullfinch from this photograph,as it appears to have a white ruff. Which subspeciesis this? • Users of Birds of the World: a Checklist by Clements (2000 and subsequent updates) w•11 This book attempts to cover a very large geo- have difficultywith the nomenclatureof King et al. graphic area. Not surprisingly,the author and photographershave concentratedon the areas of 2 I thank Simon Liao for helpfulcomments on the coverage that they know best, and are birded most status in Taiwan of Nordmann's Greenshank, heavily. Unfortunately,Tawain was given short Black-capped Kingfisher, Spangled Drongo, shrift. As some bird species have many sub- Siberian Rubythroat, Siberian Blue Robin and species, it would be helpful to know where and Tiger Shrike. when the photos were taken. In some of the photographs,the bird is back-lit,making the details difficultor impossibleto see, as exemplifiedby the Brown Shrike on p. 342. In the field, of course, some birds are back-lit, or observed briefly in a posturenot usuallyseen, uch as shown by the Long-tailedShrike on p. 344. The flightsilhouettes of the swiftson pp. 170-173 are good; however, under field conditions,the details shown
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Rare Birds of California Now Available! Price $54.00 for WFO Members, $59.99 for Nonmembers
    Volume 40, Number 3, 2009 The 33rd Report of the California Bird Records Committee: 2007 Records Daniel S. Singer and Scott B. Terrill .........................158 Distribution, Abundance, and Survival of Nesting American Dippers Near Juneau, Alaska Mary F. Willson, Grey W. Pendleton, and Katherine M. Hocker ........................................................191 Changes in the Winter Distribution of the Rough-legged Hawk in North America Edward R. Pandolfino and Kimberly Suedkamp Wells .....................................................210 Nesting Success of California Least Terns at the Guerrero Negro Saltworks, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2005 Antonio Gutiérrez-Aguilar, Roberto Carmona, and Andrea Cuellar ..................................... 225 NOTES Sandwich Terns on Isla Rasa, Gulf of California, Mexico Enriqueta Velarde and Marisol Tordesillas ...............................230 Curve-billed Thrasher Reproductive Success after a Wet Winter in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona Carroll D. Littlefield ............234 First North American Records of the Rufous-tailed Robin (Luscinia sibilans) Lucas H. DeCicco, Steven C. Heinl, and David W. Sonneborn ........................................................237 Book Reviews Rich Hoyer and Alan Contreras ...........................242 Featured Photo: Juvenal Plumage of the Aztec Thrush Kurt A. Radamaker .................................................................247 Front cover photo by © Bob Lewis of Berkeley, California: Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus), Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, 9 October 2008, discovered by Emilie Strauss. Known in North America including Alaska from over 30 records, the Dusky is the Old World Warbler most frequent in western North America south of Alaska, with 13 records from California and 2 from Baja California. Back cover “Featured Photos” by © Kurt A. Radamaker of Fountain Hills, Arizona: Aztec Thrush (Ridgwayia pinicola), re- cently fledged juvenile, Mesa del Campanero, about 20 km west of Yecora, Sonora, Mexico, 1 September 2007.
    [Show full text]
  • Luscinia Luscinia)
    Ornis Hungarica 2018. 26(1): 149–170. DOI: 10.1515/orhu-2018-0010 Exploratory analyses of migration timing and morphometrics of the Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) Tibor CSÖRGO˝ 1 , Péter FEHÉRVÁRI2, Zsolt KARCZA3, Péter ÓCSAI4 & Andrea HARNOS2* Received: April 20, 2018 – Revised: May 10, 2018 – Accepted: May 20, 2018 Tibor Csörgo,˝ Péter Fehérvári, Zsolt Karcza, Péter Ócsai & Andrea Harnos 2018. Exploratory analyses of migration timing and morphometrics of the Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia). – Ornis Hungarica 26(1): 149–170. DOI: 10.1515/orhu-2018-0010 Abstract Ornithological studies often rely on long-term bird ringing data sets as sources of information. However, basic descriptive statistics of raw data are rarely provided. In order to fill this gap, here we present the seventh item of a series of exploratory analyses of migration timing and body size measurements of the most frequent Passerine species at a ringing station located in Central Hungary (1984–2017). First, we give a concise description of foreign ring recoveries of the Thrush Nightingale in relation to Hungary. We then shift focus to data of 1138 ringed and 547 recaptured individuals with 1557 recaptures (several years recaptures in 76 individuals) derived from the ringing station, where birds have been trapped, handled and ringed with standardized methodology since 1984. Timing is described through annual and daily capture and recapture frequencies and their descriptive statistics. We show annual mean arrival dates within the study period and present the cumulative distributions of first captures with stopover durations. We present the distributions of wing, third primary, tail length and body mass, and the annual means of these variables.
    [Show full text]
  • Territoriality As a Paternity Guard in the European Robin, Erithacus Rubecula
    ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, 2000, 60, 165–173 doi:10.1006/anbe.2000.1442, available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on ARTICLES Territoriality as a paternity guard in the European robin, Erithacus rubecula JOE TOBIAS & NAT SEDDON Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge (Received 29 June 1999; initial acceptance 29 July 1999; final acceptance 18 March 2000; MS. number: 6273) To investigate the relative importance of paternity defences in the European robin we used behavioural observations, simulated intrusions and temporary male removal experiments. Given that paired males did not increase their mate attendance, copulation rate or territory size during the female’s fertile period, the most frequently quoted paternity assurance strategies in birds were absent. However, males with fertile females sang and patrolled their territories more regularly, suggesting that territorial motivation and vigilance were elevated when the risk of cuckoldry was greatest. In addition, there was a significant effect of breeding period on response to simulated intrusions: residents approached and attacked freeze-dried mounts more readily in the fertile period. During 90-min removals of the pair male in the fertile period, neighbours trespassed more frequently relative to prefertile and fertile period controls and appeared to seek copulations with unattended females. When replaced on their territories, males immediately increased both song rate and patrolling rate in comparison with controls. We propose that male robins sing to signal their presence, and increase their territorial vigilance and aggression in the fertile period to protect paternity. 2000 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Despite the apparent social monogamy of the majority of Thryothorus nigricapillus: Levin 1996).
    [Show full text]
  • Recent Evolutionary History of the Bluethroat (Luscinia Svecica)
    Molecular Ecology (2003) 12, 3069–3075 doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01981.x RecentBlackwell Publishing Ltd. evolutionary history of the bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) across Eurasia ROBERT M. ZINK,* SERGEI V. DROVETSKI,† SOPHIE QUESTIAU,‡ IGOR V. FADEEV,§ EVGENIY V. NESTEROV,§ MICHAEL C. WESTBERG* and SIEVERT ROHWER¶ *J. F. Bell Museum of Natural History, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA, †Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN 55108, USA, ‡Ecologie Animale, Université d’Angers, Belle-Beille, 2, boulevard Lavoisier, F-49045 Angers cedex, France, §State Darwin Museum, 57 Vavilova Street, Moscow 117292, Russia, ¶Burke Museum and Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195–3010, USA Abstract We analysed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 154 bluethroats (Luscinia svecica) sampled at 21 sites throughout much of their Eurasian range. A previously reported, single base-pair mtDNA difference between L. s. svecica and L. s. namnetum was inconsistent upon expanded geographical sampling. A significant FST value (0.29) and an isolation-by-distance effect show the existence of geographical differentiation. Phyloge- netic analysis of haplotypes revealed northern and southern groups, although lineage sort- ing is incomplete. There was no geographical structure to the haplotype tree within groups, and currently recognized subspecies were not supported. A minimum evolution tree based on pairwise mtDNA genetic distances among average samples showed the same two broadly distributed northern and southern groups. These groups abut in the centre of the latitudinal range, and were possibly isolated by forest that developed and spread westward over the last 15 000 years.
    [Show full text]
  • • the Following Pages Have Some Identification Markers for Each of Herons Found in India
    • The following pages have some identification markers for each of Herons found in India • To know more on these birds you can visit http://ogaclicks.com/heron/ • If you are interested in coming on any of my tours or workshops please share your email id. I will keep you updated • Mail me at [email protected] • Follow me on Instagram : ogajanak • You can also call me on (91) 9840119078 , (91) 9445219078 (91) 6369815812 List of Herons found in India Sno. Name Binomial Name 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus 3 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 4 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 5 Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii 6 Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus 7 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 8 Striated Heron Butorides striata 9 White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis ©www.ogaclicks.com Black-crowned Night Heron identification Tips Black-crowned Night Heron : Nycticorax nycticorax: Widespread resident in India Iris is Red Head & Crown are black White forehead band White head plumes Black Scapulars Bill is black Black upper Iris is yellow mandible, Yellow Black Upperparts lower mandible Brown- Grey streaked head & crown Grey Coverts White to pale Grey underparts Brown Upperparts with large pale spots Grey Wings Legs are Yellow green ( Pink in breeding) Underparts are Grey Tail paler, heavily striped with Flight feathers grey- brown brown with white tips Adult Important id point Juvenile Both sexes similar Reference : Birds of Indian Subcontinent ©www.ogaclicks.com Difference from Adult Inskipp and Grimmett www.HBW.com
    [Show full text]
  • On the Status and Distribution of Thrush Nightingale Luscinia Luscinia and Common Nightingale L
    Sandgrouse31-090402:Sandgrouse 4/2/2009 11:21 AM Page 18 On the status and distribution of Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia and Common Nightingale L. megarhynchos in Armenia VASIL ANANIAN INTRODUCTION In the key references on the avifauna of the Western Palearctic and former Soviet Union, the breeding distributions of Common Luscinia megarhynchos and Thrush Nightingales L. luscinia in the Transcaucasus (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) are presented inconsistently, especially for the latter species. These sources disagree on the status of Thrush Nightingale in the area, thus Vaurie (1959), Cramp (1988) and Snow & Perrins (1998) considered it breeding in the Transcaucasus, while Dementiev & Gladkov (1954), Sibley & Monroe (1990) and Stepanyan (2003) do not. Its distribu- tion in del Hoyo et al (2005) is mapped according to the latter view, but they note the species’ presence in Armenia during the breeding season. Several other publications Plate 1. Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos performing full territorial song, Vorotan river gorge, c15 consider that the southern limit of Thrush km SSW of Goris town, Syunik province, Armenia, 12 May Nightingale’s Caucasian breeding range is 2005. © Vasil Ananian in the northern foothills of the Greater Caucasus mountains (Russian Federation), while the Transcaucasus is inhabited solely by Common Nightingale (Gladkov et al 1964, Flint et al 1967, Ivanov & Stegmann 1978, Vtorov & Drozdov 1980). Thrush Nightingale in Azerbaijan was classified as ‘accidental’ by Patrikeev (2004). The author accepted that the species had possibly nested in the past and referred to old summer records by GI Radde from the Karayasi forest in the Kura–Aras (Arax) lowlands, but Patrikeev found only Common Nightingale there in the late 1980s.
    [Show full text]
  • BIRDS of HALIMUN-SALAK NATIONAL PARK, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA: Saitou, N
    Treubia 43: 31–46, December 2016 Treubia 43: 47–70, December 2016 BIRDS OF HALIMUN-SALAK NATIONAL PARK, WEST JAVA, INDONESIA: Saitou, N. & M. Nei 1987. The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 4: 406-425. ENDEMISM, CONSERVATION AND THREATENED STATUS Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: Wilson, D.E. & D.M. Reeder (eds.). Mammal Species of the Dewi M. Prawiradilaga World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press. pp. 312- Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) 529. Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km 46 Cibinong 16911, Indonesia e-mail: [email protected] Suyanto, A. 2001. Kelelawar di Indonesia. Bogor: Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia. 126 pp. Temminck, C.J. 1827 (1824)-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de Received: 8 August 2016; Accepted: 5 December 2016 mammiferes, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l’Europe. C.C. Vander Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp. ABSTRACT Thompson, J.D., T.J. Gibson & F. Plewniak 1997. The Clustal X Windows Interface: Flexible Strategies for Multiple Sequence Alignment Aided by the Quality Analysis Tools. Nucleic Acids Research, 24: Bird surveys and long-term bird monitoring in Gunung Halimun-Salak National Park were 4876-4882. conducted between 1998 and 2009 to obtain comprehensive data on the bird species in the area. Compilation of bird data from this study and other studies have recorded a total of 271 species, which is about 53.4% of van Strien, N.J. 1986. Abbreviated checklist of the mammals of the Australian Archipelago.
    [Show full text]
  • Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora Cyane from the Barak Valley of Assam with a Status Update for India
    See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/338137338 Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane from the Barak Valley of Assam with a status update for India Article in Indian BIRDS · December 2019 CITATIONS READS 0 7 2 authors: Rejoice Gassah Vijay Anand Ismavel Makunda Christian Hospital 4 PUBLICATIONS 0 CITATIONS 22 PUBLICATIONS 12 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Neglected health problems in rural India View project Biodiversity Documentation View project All content following this page was uploaded by Vijay Anand Ismavel on 24 December 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Correspondence 123 peninsular India (Grimmett et al. 2011; Rasmussen & Anderton minY=11.103753465762485&env.maxX=93.01342361450202&env.maxY=12.31963 2012; eBird 2019). This species is a common winter visitor to 3103994705&zh=true&gp=true&ev=Z&mr=on&bmo=1&emo=1&yr=cur&byr=2019 Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Tonkin (Robson 2008). &eyr=2019. [Accessed on: 19 January 2019.] DeCandido, R., Subedi, T., Siponen, M., Sutasha, K., Pierce, A., Nualsri, C., & Round, P. D., 2013. Flight identification of Milvus migrans lineatus ‘Black-eared’ Kite and Milvus migrans govinda ‘Pariah’ Kite in Nepal and Thailand. BirdingASIA 20: 32–36. Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., & Inskipp, T., 2011. Birds of the Indian Subcontinent. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press & Christopher Helm. Pp. 1–528. Rasmussen, P. C., & Anderton, J. C., 2012. Birds of South Asia: the Ripley guide: field guide. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.
    [Show full text]
  • First Images in the Wild of Blackthroat Luscinia Obscura, Asia's Most
    BirdingASIA 15 (2011): 17–19 17 LITTLE-KNOWN ASIAN BIRD First images in the wild of Blackthroat Luscinia obscura, Asia’s most enigmatic robin WEI QIAN & HE YI Background probably a female from Baihe Nature Reserve, The Blackthroat Luscinia obscura is known to breed Sichuan, on 3 June 2007 (Anderson 2007). only in the mountains of south-west China, where Additionally, a few captive birds, assumed to have there are a few scattered records from Sichuan, been caught in the vicinity of Chengdu, have Gansu and Shaanxi, together with even fewer appeared in Chengdu bird market (Wang 2004). presumed non-breeding records from Yunnan All other records are from Thailand and presumed (southern China) and northern Thailand. It is an to be either wintering birds or passage migrants extremely poorly known species classified as (BirdLife International 2001). Vulnerable because it is inferred to have a small, declining population as a result of destruction of Observations temperate forest within its breeding area as well On the morning of 2 May 2011, we visited Sichuan as habitat loss in its likely wintering areas (BirdLife University to observe and photograph migrating International 2001, 2011). birds in a small patch of wood and shrubbery in Since its description in 1891, there have only the south-eastern corner of the campus. At about been nine records from China, including some 09h20 a bird abruptly flew into the shrubbery, uncertain ones. These records comprise one each which we quickly located and identified as a male from Ganshu and Shaanxi, two from Yunnan, Blackthroat Luscinia obscura. We continued to presumed to be during migration, and four from observe it until about 17h20 when we left and Sichuan, all detailed in BirdLife International obtained what we believe to be the first images of (2001), and a recent sight record of a male and this species in the wild (Plates 1 & 2).
    [Show full text]
  • Bird Checklists of the World Country Or Region: Myanmar
    Avibase Page 1of 30 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Myanmar 2 Number of species: 1088 3 Number of endemics: 5 4 Number of breeding endemics: 0 5 Number of introduced species: 1 6 7 8 9 10 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2021. Checklist of the birds of Myanmar. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=mm [23/09/2021]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird.
    [Show full text]
  • The Song Structure of the Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia [Larvivora] Cyane and a Comparison with Related Species
    Ornithol Sci 16: 71 – 77 (2017) ORIGINAL ARTICLE The song structure of the Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia [Larvivora] cyane and a comparison with related species Vladimir IVANITSKII1,#, Alexandra IVLIEVA2, Sergey GASHKOV3 and Irina MAROVA1 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Biology, 119899 Moscow Leninskie Gory, Moscow, Moscow 119899, Russian Federation 2 M.F. Vladimirskii Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Moscow, Russian Federation 3 Tomsk State University-Zoology Museum, Tomsk, Tomsk, Russian Federation ORNITHOLOGICAL Abstract We studied the song syntax of the Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane, a small insectivorous passerine of the taiga forests of Siberia and the Far East. Males SCIENCE have repertoires of 7 to 14 (mean 10.9±2.3) song types. A single song typically con- © The Ornithological Society sists of a short trill comprised of from three to six identical syllables, each of two to of Japan 2017 three notes; sometimes the trill is preceded by a short single note. The most complex songs contain as many as five or six different trills and single notes. The song of the Siberian Blue Robin most closely resembles that of the Indian Blue Robin L. brunnea. The individual repertoires of Siberian Blue Robin, Common Nightingale L. megarhynchos and Thrush Nightingale L. luscinia contain groups of mutually associ- ated song types that are sung usually one after another. The Siberian Blue Robin and the Common Nightingale perform them in a varying sequence, while Thrush Nightin- gale predominantly uses a fixed sequence of song types. The distinctions between the song syntax of Larvivora spp. and Luscinia spp. are discussed.
    [Show full text]
  • 14 References
    14 REFERENCES Afik, D. and Ward, D. ( 1989). Incubation of dead eggs. Auk. 106 : 726 - 728. Ali. S. (1943). The Birds of Mysore. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 44: 206-220 . ...................... (1953). The Keoladeo Ghana of Bharatpur (Rajasthan). J. Bombay nat. Hist Soc., 51 : 531 - 536 . ..................... (2002). The book of Indian Birds. Bombay Natural History Society. Oxform University Press. Ali S. & Ripley, S.D. (1968). Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan vol. 1 Bombay : Oxford University Press. Altmann, J. ( 1974) . ObseNational study of behaviour : sampling methods. Behaviour, 49: 227-267. Anderson, D. W. and Keith, J. 0. (1980). The human influence on seabird nesting success . Conservation implications. Bioi. Conserv.. 18 : 65- 80. Anderson, D. W. (1988). Dose-response relationship between human disturbance and brown pelican breeding success. Wild/. Soc. Bull., 16: 339-45. Baker, E.C.S. (1922-1929). Fauna of British India, Birds (2nd ed.). Voi.I-VI. Taylor and Francis, London . ......................... (1935). The indification of birds of the Indian Empire Vol. 4. Taylor and Francis. London. Baker, R.H. ( 1940). Crow predation on heron nesting colonies. Wilson Bull., 52: 124- 125. Barrows, W. B. (1912). Michigan Bird Life, pp. 146- 147. 105 Birkhead, T. R. (1977). The effect of habitat and density on breeding success tr1e common guillemot (Uria aa/ge). J. Anim. Ecol.. 46: 751-764. Blanford, W. T. (1895-1898): Fauna of British India, Birds Vols. 3 and 4. London. Boekelheide, R. J. and Ainley, D. J. (1989). Age, resource availability and breeding effort in Brandts' cormorant. Auk, 106: 389-401. Bongiorno, S. F.
    [Show full text]