Vol. 21 No. 6
Date of publication: 31 December 2025 Download Full VersionCONTENTS
Plumage variability in the Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni in India
Nirav Bhatt & Prasad Ganpule
Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India and the South Asian region—2026
Praveen J & Rajah Jayapal
Observations at a nest of a Grey Francolin Ortygornis pondicerianus in an urban area
Devendra Kumar Bhardwaj
Correspondence
The White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
Shaktivel G, Purvi Seth, Aldrich Franklin, Vinay Chakravarthy & Sunil K. Unni
The Common Gull Larus canus at Mamachiwadi, Virar, near Mumbai: An addition to the avifauna of Maharashtra
Rahul Pereira & Ramesh Shenai
The Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica from the Indian waters of Arabian Sea
Sushil Kumar
The White-eared Night Heron Oroanassa magnifica in Manas National Park: A new species for Assam, India
Sunit Kr. Das, Dipankar Lahkar, Swapnil Sarmah, Aniruddha Dhamorikar, Jyotishman Deka, Pranav Chanchani, Anupam Sarmah & C. Ramesh
Coprophagy in Little Stint Calidris minuta, at Mamachiwadi beach, Maharashtra, India
Akash Mhadgut & Vaibhav Haldipur
A Mallard Anas platyrhynchos x Northern Pintail Anas acuta hybrid at Sultanpur National Park, Haryana, India
Jagdeep Singh, Amandeep Singh & Onkar Singh Brraich
The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti in western Maharashtra, and notes on its movements in the Indian peninsula
Siddhant Mhetre & Avishkar Munje
The Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata from Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary: An addition to the avifauna of Odisha, India
Bhubaneswar Patra & Anurag Mishra
The Great Frigatebird Fregata minor: an addition to the avifauna of Goa
Savio Fonseca, Aidan Fonseca, Rupali Pandit & Mangirish Dharwadkar
The Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis: Rediscovery and a case study of a lost pipit from West Bengal
Arka Karmakar & Subhra Pakhira
Observation of facial lesions in an Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
Rounak Choudhary, Vivek Sharma & Subroto Dutta
The Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps and Lanceolated Wabler Locustella lanceolata from Majuli Island, Assam, India
Shyamal Saikia & Parthankar Choudhury
A Brambling Fringilla montifringilla from Sikkim, India
Arindam Sinha & Unmesh Mitra
A Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla from Junagadh, Gujarat
Soumyadip Santra & Narendran M. M.
Wall-making behaviour by a Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni nestling
Sachin Shrikrishna Prabhu
A Sanderling Calidris alba from Hokersar Wetland, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Hafizullah Sofi, Mansoor Shair & Mufeeq Ahmad Malik
Book Review
The Search for India’s Rarest Birds
Tim Inskipp
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