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Indian Birds Vol. 5 No. 2 ISSN 0973-1407 Editor Emeritus Zafar Futehally Editor Contents Aasheesh Pittie Email: [email protected] Management of Greater Short-toed Larks Associate Editor V. Santharam Calandrella brachydactyla in Indian aerodromes S. S. Mahesh 2 Editorial Board Maan Barua Observations on the globally threatened Pied Tit Anwaruddin Choudhury Parus nuchalis at Jessore Sanctuary, Gujarat Bill Harvey Pranav Trivedi 7 Farah Ishtiaq Rajah Jayapal The raptors and the agamid Madhusudan Katti Ashwin Baindur 11 R. Suresh Kumar Taej Mundkur Two new birds for Gujarat Rishad Naoroji Uffe Gjøl Sørensen & Jugal K. Tiwari 14 Suhel Quader Harkirat Singh Sangha Short News C. Sashikumar A substitute name for Parus nipalensis Hodgson, 1837 S. Subramanya Edward C. Dickinson 16 K. Gopi Sundar Record of the Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus from Uppalapadu, Contributing Editors Andhra Pradesh, India Praveen J. Nanjan Sheeba & Lalitha Vijayan 17 Ragupathy Kannan Lavkumar Khachar Breeding of Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus at Contributing Photographer Vedanthangal Waterbird Sanctuary, southern India Clement Francis C. Venkatraman 18 Layout & Design The Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes in Chennai: a review of sight records K. Jayaram V. Santharam 19 Office Record of Slaty-breasted Rail Rallus striatus breeding in Dehradun, India P. Rambabu Pankaj Kumar & R. Suresh Kumar 21 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus in the diet of the African Catfish NEW ORNIS FOUNDATION Clarias gariepinus in Keoladeo Ghana National Park, India Registration No. 314/2004 K. R. Anoop, K. S. Gopi Sundar, Bholu Abrar Khan & Sohan Lal 22 URL: www.indianbirds.in The first breeding record of the Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica poonensis Trustees in Rajasthan, India Zafar Futehally Harkirat Singh Sangha, Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj & Devender Mistry 24 Aasheesh Pittie V. Santharam, PhD. Sighting of Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyronis rubeculoides in Gujarat Rishad Naoroji Prasad Ganpule 26 Taej Mundkur, PhD. S. Subramanya, PhD. Northern House Martin Delichon urbica in Arunachal Pradesh: Suhel Quader, PhD. a new species for north-eastern India Harkirat Singh Sangha, Rishad Naoroji & Kiran Srivastava 27 Aims & Objectives • To publish a newsletter that will provide a First records of ‘white-headed’ Black Bulbul platform to birdwatchers for publishing notes and Hypsipetes leucocephalus from India observations primarily on birds of South Asia. Umesh Srinivasan, Shashank Dalvi & Khuyuchu Yobin 28 • To promote awareness of birdwatching amongst the In the news 31 general public. • To establish and maintain links/liaison with other associations or organized bodies in India or abroad Date of publication: 20th July 2009 whose objectives are in keeping with the objectives of the Trust (i.e. to support amateur birdwatchers Front cover: Male Indian Bustard Ardeotis nigriceps Greater Rann of Kutch, Gujarat , 22nd with cash / kind for projects in ornithology). March 2008, with Maulik Suthar & Jugal Tiwari. Photographer: Niraj Vijaykumar Mistry Indian Birds Vol. 5 No. 2 (Publ. 20th July 2009) 33 Ornithological literature from South Asia1 and Tibet—2007 Aasheesh Pittie Pittie, A. 2009. Ornithological literature from South Asia and Tibet—2007. Indian Birds 5 (2): XX–XX. Aasheesh Pittie, P. O. Box 2, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500034, Andhra Pradesh, India. Email: [email protected] Anonymous. 2006-2007. Appendix 2: Birds of the Konkan coast and Aitken, E. H. 2007. The tribes on my frontier. An Indian naturalist’s foreign nearshore areas. Journal of Ecological Society 19-20: 64–65. policy. New ed. New Delhi: Penguin; Viking. Anonymous. 2007. Editorial. Flamingo 4 (1&2): 1 (2006). Ali, B. 2007. Sewree birds. Indian Birds 2 (6): 166–168 (2006). Anonymous. 2007. Some interesting bird sightings. Flamingo 4 (1&2): Ali, R. 2007. Issues relating to invasives in the Andaman Islands. J. Bombay 21–22 (2006). Nat. Hist. Soc. 103 (2&3): 349–355 (2006). Anonymous. 2007. Roger Clarke (1952–2007). TimesOnline 2007: 2 pp. Date Ali, S. 2007. Birds: Kannada encyclopaedia, 1980. In: A bird’s eye view: the accessed: 17 February 2007. collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 40–50. Gandhi, T. Anonymous. 2007. Bird of the month. Rufous Treepie (Dendrocygna (ed.) Delhi: Permanent Black. vagabunda). Pitta 3&4 (9–12; 1–2): 4. Ali, S. 2007. Gagodar to Nanda (Camp), 1946. In: A bird’s eye view: the Anonymous. 2007. Editorial. Flamingo 5 (1&2): 1. collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 101. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Anonymous. 2007. Vulture update. Flamingo 5 (1&2): 13. Delhi: Permanent Black. Anonymous. 2007. Some interesting bird sightings. Flamingo 5 (1&2): 15. Ali, S. 2007. Birds among people. In: A bird’s eye view: the collected essays Anonymous. 2007. British Ornithologists’ Union: Union Medal. Ibis 149 and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 129–132. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: (1): 189–190. Permanent Black. Anonymous. 2007. Feathered friends. Buceros 12 (2): 3. Ali, S. 2007. Sequence of movie film: Ladakh June 1976.In : A bird’s eye view: Anonymous. 2007. Courser’s habitat under threat again. Buceros 12 (2): 4. the collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 146–147. Gandhi, Anonymous. 2007. Critically endangered: Himalayan Quail Ophrysia T. (ed.) Delhi: Permanent Black. superciliosa. Buceros 12 (2): 9. Ali, S. 2007. Bombay Towers of Silence. In: A bird’s eye view: the collected Anonymous. 2007. Vulture update. Flamingo 5 (3&4): 10. essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 198–199. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Anonymous. 2007. Rosy Pastor watch at Vadodara. Flamingo 5 (3&4): 11. Delhi: Permanent Black. Anonymous. 2007. Some interesting bird sightings. Flamingo 5 (3&4): 13. Ali, S. 2007. Dispersal and pollination. In: A bird’s eye view: the collected Aarif K. M. & Hameed, S. V. A. 2007. Sighting of Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 200. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: leucorodia and White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster in the Permanent Black. Kadalundy Estuary. Malabar Trogon 5 (2): 17. Ali, S. 2007. Kihim ‘Akhbar Book’ entry, 1943. In: A bird’s eye view: the Abeyawardena, L. 2007. Nawala. CBCN 2007 (October): 154. collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 215–216. Gandhi, T. Abeyawardena, L. 2007. Ruhuna N P Block I 3–4.9; Udawalawe N P 12–13.9; (ed.) Delhi: Permanent Black. Nawala: Temple road. CBCN 2007 (September): 135–136. Ali, S. 2007. Comments on bird motifs, 1983. In: A bird’s eye view: the collected Abeyawardena, L. 2007. Divulankadawala; Nawala 25.11. CBCN 2007 essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 306. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: (November): 170. Permanent Black. Abeyratne, B. 2007. S-E Inland wetland sector 18.2. CBCN 2007 (February): Ali, S. 2007. Indian life and lore: Alien migrants. In: A bird’s eye view: the 24. collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 367–371. Gandhi, T. Abeyratne, B. 2007. Colombo: Borella 30.9. CBCN 2007 (September): 133. (ed.) Delhi: Permanent Black. Abeyratne, B. 2007. Colombo: Borella 16.12. CBCN 2007 (December): 185. Ali, S. 2007. Kihim ‘Akhbar Book’ entry. In: A bird’s eye view: the collected Abeyratne, S. 2007. Nagoda, E of Kalutara; Migahatenna 27.7; Payagala essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. I: 374. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: 30.7. CBCN 2007 (August): 118. Permanent Black. Abeyratne, S. 2007. Hiyare F R, near Galle; Kanneliya F R 11–12.8; Ampitiya Ali, S. 2007. Submerged fowlers in decoy-duck caps: Strange Indian coot- 30.8. CBCN 2007 (August): 131–132. catching methods. In: A bird’s eye view: the collected essays and shorter Abeyratne, S. 2007. Nagoda E of Kalutara 4.10; Kalutara; Migahatenna writings of Sálim Ali. II: 35–36. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: Permanent 9.10; Payagala. CBCN 2007 (October): 163–164. Black. Abeyratne, S. 2007. Kosgoda 22.9; Near Matugama 15.9; Nagoda 17.9; Ali, S. 2007. Correspondence on economic ornithology research. In: A bird’s Near Kalutara 17.9. CBCN 2007 (September): 152. eye view: the collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. II: 70–75. Abeyratne, S. 2007. Nagoda 14.11; Payagala 20.11; Migahatenna 29.11. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: Permanent Black. CBCN 2007 (November): 182. Ali, S. 2007. Birds associated with agriculture and horticulture, undated. Abeyratne, S. 2007. Bandaragama 10.12; Near Kegalla 10–11.12; In: A bird’s eye view: the collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. Embilipitiya 21.12; N of Sevanagala 21.12; Udawalawe N P 22.12. II: 91–98. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: Permanent Black. CBCN 2007 (December): 201–202. Ali, S. 2007. Excerpt diary notes on Kailas–Manasarowar trek. In: A bird’s Acharya, B. K. & Vijayan, L. 2007. Range extension of Rusty-bellied eye view: the collected essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. II: 347–355. Shortwing Brachypteryx hyperythra in Sikkim, India. BirdingAsia 7: Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: Permanent Black. 50–51. Ali, S. 2007. Ornithology for mountaineers. In: A bird’s eye view: the collected Ahmed, M. F., Das, A. & Meyase, V. 2007. Khasi Hills Swift Apus acuticauda: essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. II: 375–383. Gandhi, T. (ed.) first record from Nagaland and Manipur, north-east India.J. Bombay Delhi: Permanent Black. Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (1): 87–88. Ali, S. 2007. Do birds possess a cnscience? In: A bird’s eye view: the collected Aitken, E. H. 2007. A naturalist on the prowl. New ed. New Delhi: Penguin; essays and shorter writings of Sálim Ali. II: 34. Gandhi, T. (ed.) Delhi: Viking. Permanent Black. 1 South Asia includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives. 34 Indian Birds Vol. 5 No. 2 (Publ. 20th July 2009) Mahesh: Larks in Indian aerodromes Aliabadian, M., Kaboli, M., Prodon, R., Nijman, V. & Vences, M. 2007. Bhargav, A.
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    Open Journal of Forestry 2013. Vol.3, No.4, 109-114 Published Online October 2013 in SciRes (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ojf) http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojf.2013.34018 Birds of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Nepal Saroj Panthi1*, Sher Singh Thagunna2 1Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation, Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Baglung, Nepal 2Department of National Park and Wildlife Conservation, Api-Nampa Conservation Area, Darchula, Nepal Email: *[email protected] Received June 18th, 2013; revised July 22nd, 2013; accepted August 7th, 2013 Copyright © 2013 Saroj Panthi, Sher Singh Thagunna. This is an open access article distributed under the Crea- tive Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any me- dium, provided the original work is properly cited. Nepal is rich in bird diversity and recorded 871 bird species. Our study aimed to update bird diversity of Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve (DHR) of Nepal which is an Important Birds Area (IBA) out of 27 IBAs of Nepal. One hundred forty nine species of birds were recorded in DHR; out of them Catreus wallichii was globally threatened bird which has faced different anthropogenic problem. Twelve species of birds were included in CITIES Appendices and 3 species were nationally threatened. Most of the species of order Passeriformis were recorded. Only one species of order Upupiformes i.e. Upupa epops was recorded dur- ing the study. Keywords: Bird; Checklist; Threatened; Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve Introduction Myadgi districts of Nepal (Figure 1). The reserve supports 14 ecosystems types represented in the mid hill to higher Himala- Birds (class Aves) are feathered, winged, bipedal, endother- yan ecosystem (Shrestha et al., 2002; Lillesø et al., 2005; Bhuju mic, egg-laying, vertebrate animals (Wikipedia, 2013).