Vol. 21 No. 3
CONTENTS
Chagos Archipelago: An ornithological update 2015–2025
Peter Carr
Breeding ecology of the Indian Courser Cursorius coromandelicus from Manyarkheda village, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Laxminarayan Sonawane and Prasad Sonawane
Correspondence
Addition of the Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria to the avifauna of South Asia
Karma Sonam, Tsering Yangskit & Nawang Yangchan
The Common Quail Coturnix coturnix in Sri Lanka: An addition to the island’s avifauna
Dinidu Maleen Jayathilake, Shehan Mudunkotuwa, Rangana Abeyratne, Kavinda Jayasundara, B Y Hemantha Seneviratne, & Moditha Kodikara Arachchi
A Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius at the Nagaramgere Lake, Challakere: An addition to Karnataka’s avifauna
Tejas Mruthyunjaya & Harish B. G.
Rufous Woodpeckers Micropternus brachyurus using the sap of an Almond Tree Prunus amygdalus for preening
Gogisetti Yeswanth, Asam Bhavana & Kesavan Rishi
The Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius at the Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Anupam Nahardeka, Tomal Gogoi, Nobajyoti Borgohain, Debojit Nahardeka, Prasanna Kalita, & Avijit Ganguly
Presence of dark-bellied Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica at Pong Lake, Himachal Pradesh, India
C. Abhinav
Recovery of a wind-blown White Tern Gygis alba candida from Dhule, Maharashtra, India
Esha Munshi, Umakant Patil, Himanshu Tembhekar, Tejas Potdar, Omkar Kinjawadekar, & Vivek Ramachadran
The Black Tern Chlidonias niger at Akshi Beach, Maharashtra
Chirag Ahuja & Nayana Amin
The Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps near Dhar Kalan, Pathankot District, Punjab, India
Gurpartap Singh & Manish Goyal
The Tibetan Sand-Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons: An addition to the avifauna of Uttarakhand, India
Vipin Rao, Sipu Kumar & Amit Kumar
The Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus at Jhal Thikriwala, Kapurthala, Punjab, India
Bobinder Singh & Gurpartap Singh
Nesting of the Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata in termite mounds at Rajaji Tiger Reserve, India
Sipu Kumar, Rounak Patra, Sarabjeet Kaur Narula & Amit Kumar
Swimming behaviour observed in a Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha in Sundarbans, West Bengal, India
Malyasri Bhattacharya & Shasank Ongole
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