Vol. 16 No. 5

CONTENTS
Status of ‘Fork-tailed Swift’ Apus pacificus complex in India
Paul J. Leader, Kristof Zyskowski, Bentley Bird, Rahul Khot, Hein van Grouw & Praveen J.

A survey of wintering Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola in Nepal
Krishna Prasad Bhusal, Yubin Raj Sherestha, Milan Baral & Mitra Pandey

Communal roosting of Black-winged Kites Elanus caeruleus and possible influence of rainfall and wheat cultivation
Kulbhushansingh R. Suryawanshi & Bhagyashree Ingle

Distribution, seasonality, and movements of cochoas (Genus: Cochoa) in India
Sutirtha Lahiri & Bablu Sonowal

Correspondence

The status of the Sind Sparrow Passer pyrrhonotus, Spanish Sparrow P. hispaniolensis, and Eurasian Tree Sparrow P. montanus in Himachal Pradesh
C. Abhinav

Finn’s Weaver Ploceus megarhynchus breeding on Ipomoea reeds, Kumaon, Uttarakhand
Rajesh Panwar, Sheela Panwar, Deepak Rastogi & Anita Rastogi

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris in Visakhapatnam city, Andhra Pradesh
Uppada Janardhan, V. Bhagyasree & V. V. L. Subhadra Devi

A report of the Northern Long-eared Owl Asio otus from Seri, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, and its status in India
Samakshi Tiwari & Sanjeev Kumar

A Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus from Moyar Valley, Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu
D. Gajamohanraj

A note on the behaviour of the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Debaprasad Sengupta, Puja Deb & Prayas Auddy

Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps in Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary: A new species for Rajasthan
Dharmendra Khandal, Satish Sharma, and Harkirat Singh Sangha

The Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus chloronotus: An addition to the avifauna of Gujarat
Rajni Trivedi & Devvratsinh Mori

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis preying on Five-striped Palm Squirrel Funambulus pennantii
Aditya Singh Chauhan & Durga Prasad Srivastava

Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis affinis in India: Recent records, and a note on its likely status in India and Bangladesh
Rajdeep Deb Purkayastha & Ashwin Viswanathan