Indian Birds - February 18, 2016

Decadal changes and additions to birds of Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, Pronoy Baidya, Hanuman Gawas, Shubhadeep Mukherjee & Sandesh Gawas.

A new breeding location of Indian Skimmer Rynchops albicollis, and notes on other birds in Son Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh, India and Mohammed Dilawar & Varun Sharma.

Nocturnal birds in the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, J. Patrick David & B. Vinoth.

Some interesting sightings from the 2014 Asian Waterbird Census in Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana, India, Humayun Taher.

Records of Blue Pitta Pitta cyanea in Dampa Tiger Reserve, Mizoram, and a review of its status in north-eastern India, Priya Singh & David W. Macdonald.

White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps in the Indian Sundarbans
Dibyendu Ash, Soumyajit Nandy, Tamanud Mitra & Nityananda Chowkidar.

First record of Spotted Crake Porzana porzana from Kerala, India, S. Prasanth Narayanan, V. Prashobh Kumar, A. Al Badush, Saji Jayamohan, P.S. Jinesh, B. Sreekumar, & A. P. Thomas.

Sighting of a Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata in Pune, Raghunath Iyer.

Chestnut-tailed Minla Chrysominla strigula, an addition to the avifauna of Jammu & Kashmir, India, Neeraj Sharma & Muzaffar A. Kichloo.

Highlights from the Uttar Pradesh Bird Festival 2015, Puja Sharma.

Review

Letter to the Editor

Snapshot sightings