First record of Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus jotaka/hazarae from the Nicobar Islands, India.

Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator in Gajoldoba, Siliguri, West Bengal.

A first record of the Streaked Wren Babbler Napothera brevicaudata from Bangladesh.

Noteworthy observations on the feeding behaviour of Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela from Corbett Tiger Reserve, India.

Confirmation of the first record of Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus for the Indian Subcontinent Robert P. Prŷs-Jones, Adrian Skerrett, Hazel A. Jackson, Lisa M. Smith & Praveen J., A reassessment of Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis records from India, and their rejection Pamela C. Rasmussen, Robert P. Prŷs-Jones & Praveen J.

An annotated checklist of the birds of banj oak–chir pine forests in Kumaon, Uttarakhand.

Observations on the breeding behaviour of the Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus at Belgaum, Karnataka, India.

A nest of the Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastata in Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park, Assam.

Records of White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana from Uttarakhand, and a review of its status in the Himalaya west of Nepal.

Winter records of Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus from Sambhar Lake and its environs, Rajasthan.

Breeding of White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus in Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, Gujarat, India.

Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata: A new record for Goa, India.

Abundance estimates of the Rufous-necked Hornbill Aceros nipalensis, and characterisation of a montane subtropical forest in the Indian Eastern Himalaya.

A record of Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix from Tso Kar, Ladakh, India.

The first record of West Himalayan Bush Warbler Locustella kashmirensis for Nepa.

More records of Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis from southern and western India.

Areas of avian richness across an urban-rural setting: A case study of selected water-bodies from Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Wing-tagged Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca in the Little Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat, India.

Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis in Kerala: An escapee, or a wild vagrant?

Breeding season records of Pygmy Wren Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla from Uttarakhand, and a review of its status in north-western India.

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Observations of probable Taimyr Gulls Larus fuscus taimyrensis at Okha, Gujarat, India
Prasad Ganpule

A ‘Round Island Petrel’ recovered from India
Vikash Tatayah, Ruth Brown, Mathieu Le Corre, Malcolm Nicoll & Carl G. Jones


Does the diet of the Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger affect commercial fisheries?
R. Roshnath, George Chandy & E. A. Jayson

Nesting of Purple-rumped Sunbird Leptocoma zeylonica in southern Rajasthan, and its occurrence in the Thar Desert
Gobind Sagar Bhardwaj & Harkirat Singh Sangha

Records of a White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus, and a Black Tern Chlidonias niger from the Karwar coast, Karnataka, India
Abhishek Jamalabad

Sighting of Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus in Telineelapuram Community Reserve, Srikakulam District, Andhra Pradesh
B. Laxmi Narayana, V. Vasudeva Rao, V. Nagulu & A. Baleeshwar Reddy

Tristram’s Bunting Schoeniclus tristrami in Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh: A second record for India
Harish Thangaraj & Aruna Mani

Little Bunting Schoeniclus pusillus in Munnar Hills, Kerala
James A. Eaton & Jijo Mathew

Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka at Bekal Fort, Kasaragod, Kerala
Premchand Reghuvaran

Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
Shiladitya Mukhopadhyay, Upasana Chattopadhyay, Anirban Chakraborty, Suman Mondal, Moumita Rakshit & Deb Shankha Goswami

Sighting of Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita [fulvescens/abietinus] in Greater Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat, India
Prasad Ganpule

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius in Mishmi Hills: A confirmation record for India
Praveen J., Sachin Shurpali, Vijay Ramachandran, Mike Prince, Chris Bowden, Vinay Das, & Shashank Dalvi

Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus in Bhutan: A first record for the Indian Subcontinent
Tshering Chophel & Sherub

Review

Letters to the Editor


Snapshot sightings

A checklist of the birds of India Praveen J., Rajah Jayapal & Aasheesh Pittie

Introduction

How to use the India Checklist

The India Checklist

Appendix 1. List of bird species known/presumed/hypothesised to occur in South Asia, but excluded from the India Checklist either for want of corroboration, or on account of their absence from Indian limits

Appendix 2. List of bird species endemic to India

Index

Breeding biology of Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
Sachin Balkrishna Palkar

On the breeding of Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
S. Rajashekara & M. G. Venkatesha

Sarus spotting through a train window
Lieut General (Retd) Baljit Singh

Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus: An addition to the avifauna of peninsular India
P. P. Sreenivasan

Sighting of Purple-backed Starling Agropsar sturninus in Vellayani, Kerala
Dilip K. G. & Arun C. G.

Sighting of Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis in Bastar Plateau, Chhattisgarh, India
Sushil Kumar Dutta

Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus in Bengaluru, India
Aditi Sridhar & Shubha Bhat

First photographic record of the Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata from India
Abhijit Avalaskar

Sighting of Swinhoe’s Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis at Berbera, Odisha
Sumant Rajguru & Panchami Manoo Ukil

The occurrence of the White-cheeked Barbet Psilopogon viridis in Toranmal Reserve Forest, Satpura Mountains, Maharashtra
Girish Jathar & Vinod Bhagwat

Occurrence of the Broad-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola platyurus in Pune District, India
Chinmay Rahane, Siddhesh Brahmankar & Mahesh Ghanekar

Letters to the Editor

Snapshot sightings

Bird observations from Valmiki Tiger Reserve, Bihar
Anwaruddin Choudhury

Habitat preference by drongos (Dicruridae): a study conducted during non-breeding season in Kakoijana (proposed) Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India
Naba K. Nath, Jyoti P. Das, Hilloljyoti Singha & Hemanta K. Sahu

Do Cattle Egrets Bubulcus ibis in Sri Lanka migrate to breed?
R. L. Jayaratne, I. C.Perera, D. K.Weerakoon, &S. W.Kotagama 

Status of Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga in Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, India
B. Santhakumar, A. Mohamed Samsoor Ali & P.R. Arun

Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus photographed in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, southern India
Gnanaskandan Kesavabharathi & Chandrashekar Sundaram

Status of Kessler’s Thrush Turdus kessleri in western Arunachal Pradesh, India
Pritam Baruah, Shashank Dalvi, & Praveen J.

A report of the Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida from southern West Bengal, India
Moumita Chakraborty, Shiladitya Mukhopadhyay & Sourav Mondal

White-browed Crake Amaurornis cinerea in Maguri-Motapung Beel, Assam, India: A new species for South Asia
Deborshee Gogoi, Porag Jyoti Phukan

Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris at Santhigiri, near Kumily, Idukki District, Kerala, India
P. J. George

Letters to the Editor

Snapshot sightings

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

Notes on the Great Grey Shrike (Laniidae: Lanius excubitor) complex in north-western India: Variation, identification, and status
Prasad Ganpule

Early Indian bird collectors: Jean Macé, collector during 1798–1803
Justin J. F. J. Jansen

Notes on fledglings of Spectacled Finch Callacanthis burtoni
Puja Sharma & Somendra Singh

Recovery of a ringed juvenile Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca at Sardarshahr, Thar Desert, India
Harkirat Singh Sangha & Surat Singh Poonia

Saker Falcon Falco cherrug in northern Sikkim, India
Anwaruddin Choudhury

A report of Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus from Amravati District, Maharashtra
Ashish Choudhari, Manohar Khode, G. A. Wagh & J. S. Wadatkar

First record of the Pompadour (‘Ashy-headed’) Green Pigeon Treron pompadora conoveri/phayrei from Uttarakhand, India
Sanjay Sondhi, Ashish Kothari, Balwant Singh Negi, Bhupinder Singh, Deep Chandra Joshi, Naveen Upadhyay, Puran Singh Pilkhwal & Virender Singh

Interaction between a Jungle Crow Corvus culminatus and a Malabar Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus
Sugandhi Gadadhar & Raghunath R. Belur

More records of Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana from the Western Ghats, India
Mihir Barve & Rohan Kamath

Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana from Kotagiri, an addition to Tamil Nadu avifauna
A. Bhoopathy & A. Indrajith

Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata wintering in Jaipur, Rajasthan
Harkirat Singh Sangha, Sahdev Singh & Sudhir Garg

Letter to the Editor

Snapshot sightings

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