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No full textHandbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 16: 2011. Tanagers to New World Blackbirds. del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. and Christie, D.A. (eds). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN-978-84-96553-78-1. 893 pages, including 81 colour plates, 499 photos and 766 distribution maps
Breeding Records of Little Egret Egretta garzetta in Sumatra, with notes on the occurence of race E. g. garzetta
Full text linkBreeding, Plumages and Vocalisations of the Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata pyrrhonotus on Kisar Island, Lesser Sundas
Full text linkThe Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata occurs widely in South, South-east Asia, and the Papuan region with 16 subspecies recognised including pyrrhonotus in the Timor region. Observations on the small island of Kisar, 25 km north of eastern Timor-Leste, revealed that the females differed from those of Timor, and may represent an undescribed subspecies. Females on Kisar had a cream-coloured throat with grey-brown streaks, and the breast and belly were streaked with dark brown, whereas those on Timor and Wetar have these parts plain light brown or rufous. The song of the Kisar bird also differed from those on Timor, but there is substantial variation in vocalisations among individuals, making quantitative inter-island comparisons difficult. Breeding was evident in October and the fledglings were found to be sexually-dimorphic as reported elsewhere for this species
First Breeding Record of Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis for Borneo and First Record for West Kalimantan
Full text linkFirst Nest and Egg of the Sumatran-endemic Rusty-breasted Wren-babbler Napothera rufipectus
Full text linkAn update on the avifauna of Gunung Lumut Protection Forest (East Kalimantan) and reflections on the potential conservation value of hutan adat
No full textWe present results of a second survey of the hutan adat (forest traditionally exploited on a small scale by local people) situated in the Gunung Lumut Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, conducted in 2007 and closely following the first survey in 2005 (Wielstra & Pieterse 2009. Kukila 14: 1-15). An additional 29 species were observed. These comprise two globally threatened (Vulnerable) species, 16 “Sundaic Lowland Forest” biome-restricted species, one “Sundaic montane forest” biome-restricted species and a congregatory waterbird species of which 1% of its biogeographic population is present. The findings substantiate our previous suggestion to recognize Gunung Lumut Protection Forest as an Important Bird Area. We also provide some remarks on the potential conservation value of hutan adat and raise issues to be addressed in further studies
Synchronised displaying of three adult male Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise Cicinnurus respublica on Batanta Island, West Papua, and an undescribed display posture
Full text linkWilson’s Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus respublica is endemic to two islands of the Raja Ampat island group off the western tip of the Bird’s Head peninsula of the island of New Guinea. Due to its remote home, it is little known, and its courtship behaviour in the wild was not described until the 1990s. To attract females for mating, males create and maintain a clearing, known as a court, on the forest floor, where they display on perches. These displays are normally performed by solitary males, but in this paper we describe an instance of three adult males displaying simultaneously, with highly synchronised movements, in the presence of three female-plumaged birds. This cooperative display incorporated at least five postures, one of which has not been described to date, involving the bird ‘bowing’ to accentuate its yellow hind neck patch. Whilst cooperative displays have not been observed in the closest relatives of this species, the Magnificent and King Birds-of-paradise, they appear to occur regularly in the four species of parotias Parotia spp., albeit for much shorter periods of time
