# Indian Birds

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'''''Indian Birds''''' is a bi-monthly [ornithology](/source/ornithology) journal/newsletter that was established in 2004. It was formerly published under the heading ''Newsletter for Ornithologists'' for one year. It publishes articles on identification, distribution, migration, conservation and taxonomy, apart from reports of significant ornithological sightings and events. Published from [Hyderabad](/source/Hyderabad), the publication is owned by New Ornis Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianbirds.in/|title=Indian Birds|website=Indianbirds.in|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref>

==Overview==
In 2006, the [Bugun liocichla](/source/Bugun_liocichla), a new bird species from [Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh) was described by [Ramana Athreya](/source/Ramana_Athreya) in this journal.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Ramana Athreya|title=A new species of ''Liocichla'' (Aves:Timaliidae) from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India|journal=Indian Birds|volume=2|issue=4|pages=82–94|date=31 August 2006|url = http://indianbirds.in/pdfs/IB2.4_Athreya_BugunLiocichla.pdf|access-date=12 September 2006}}</ref> The description of the bird carried in the journal was made without the collection of a [type specimen](/source/Type_(zoology)) as they were too few to risk killing one.<ref name=bbcbugun>{{cite news|title='New rare bird' spotted in India|date=12 September 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5337194.stm|publisher=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)|access-date=30 November 2015}}</ref> Though this practice was not unprecedented, with four prior instances,<ref name="Kannan 2007 12–18">{{cite journal|author=Ragupathy Kannan|title=New bird descriptions without proper voucher specimens: reflections after the Bugun Liocichla case|journal=Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society|volume = 104|issue=1|pages=12–18|year= 2007}}</ref> the pure charisma of the bird together with this practice created a controversy in the scientific and conservation community on the costs and benefits of this approach<ref name="Kannan 2007 12–18"/><ref>{{cite journal |author=Minteer, B.A., Collins, J.P., Love, K.E., Puschendorf, R.|title=Avoiding (Re)extinction|journal=Science|year=2014|volume=344|issue=6181|pages=260–261|doi= 10.1126/science.1250953|pmid=24744362|bibcode=2014Sci...344..260M|s2cid=206555199}}</ref>

The journal has published 683 articles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianbirds.in/about-us/|title=About|work=Indian Birds}}</ref> in its first eight volumes. Nearly 125 of these articles are referenced in the text of ''[Handbook of the Birds of the World](/source/Handbook_of_the_Birds_of_the_World)'' online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hbw.com/journal/indian-birds|title=Indian Birds|work=Handbook of the Birds of the World|date=2024 }}</ref>
In 2016, Indian Birds published the official bird checklist for the country<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/environment/birds-checklist-warbler-greenshank|title=One in Eight Bird Species Are Found in India – But Do We Really Care?|website=Thewire.in|access-date=30 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Feather-in-the-cap-India-home-to-12-of-world%E2%80%99s-bird-species/article14505991.ece|title=Feather in the cap: India home to 12% of world's bird species|first=Shiv Sahay|last=Singh|date=24 July 2016|access-date=30 November 2021|website=The Hindu}}</ref>

Aasheesh Pittie<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/pradeep_sebastian/a-bibliophile-on-the-wing/article4772185.ece|title=A bibliophile on the wing|author=Pradeep Sebastian|work=The Hindu|date=June 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolkatabirds.com/aasheeshinterview.htm|title=Birds of India: Bird-watching in India ~ Aasheesh Pittie interview with Bikram Grewal; April 2011|work=kolkatabirds.com|access-date=29 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191218/http://www.kolkatabirds.com/aasheeshinterview.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> has been the editor of this journal since its inception. [Zafar Futehally](/source/Zafar_Futehally), who founded ''[Newsletter for Birdwatchers](/source/Newsletter_for_Birdwatchers)'' in 1960, served as editor emeritus until his death in 2013.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Futehally, Z. |author2=Chandola, S. |author3=Chandola, A. | year=2014 |title=The Song of the Magpie Robin}}</ref>
  
The first south Asian records of the following species were published in this journal.
*[Cory's shearwater](/source/Cory's_shearwater), ''Calonectris borealis''<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Praveen J. |author2=Palot, M. J.. |author3=Karuthedathu, D. | year=2013 | title=Recovery of a Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis from Thaikadapuram beach, Kasaragod district, Kerala. | journal=Indian Birds|volume=8 | issue=6|pages=152–153}}</ref>
*[Sabine's gull](/source/Sabine's_gull), ''Xema sabini''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Sreenivasan P. P., Praveen J., Prince, M. & Karuthedathu, D. |year=2013| title=Sabine's Gull Xema sabini from Puthankadapuram, Kerala, India: a first record for South Asia| journal=Indian Birds|volume=8|issue=4|pages=99–100}}</ref>
*[Blue-winged pitta](/source/Blue-winged_pitta), ''Pitta moluccensis''<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Manchi, S. S.  |author2=Kumar, J. S.|year=2014|title=Sighting of the Blue-winged Pitta ''Pitta moluccensis'' on Narcondam Island, India|journal=Indian Birds|volume=9|issue=1|pages=23–24}}</ref>
*[Black-browed bushtit](/source/Black-browed_bushtit), ''Aegithalos bonvaloti''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Sangha, H. S., Sharma, M. & Jain, A.|year=2013|title=The Black-browed Tit ''Aegithalos bonvaloti'' in Arunachal Pradesh: A new species for the Indian Subcontinent|journal=Indian Birds|volume=8|issue=5|pages=137–139}}</ref>
*[Crested tit-warbler](/source/Crested_tit-warbler), ''Leptopoecile elegans''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Sangha, H. S., Naoroji, R. & Sharma, M.|year=2007|title=The Crested Tit-warbler ''Leptopoecile elegans'' in north-west Arunachal Pradesh. An addition to the Indian avifauna|journal=Indian Birds |volume=3|issue=1|pages=23–25}}</ref>
*[Yunnan nuthatch](/source/Yunnan_nuthatch), ''Sitta yunnanensis''<ref>Bonpo, C. R., & Kuriakose, J., 2014. Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis from Walong, Arunachal Pradesh: A new species for South Asia.
Indian BIRDS 9 (4): 105–106http://www.indianbirds.in/pdfs/Bonpo_Kuriakose_YunnanNuthatch.pdf</ref>
*[Chinese thrush](/source/Chinese_thrush) ''Zoothera mupinensis''<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Rajagopal, R.  |author2=Inskipp, T.|year=2014|title=First record of the Chinese Thrush ''Turdus mupinensis'' from the Indian Subcontinent|journal=Indian Birds|volume=9|issue=5&6|pages=155–157}}</ref>
*[Mugimaki flycatcher](/source/Mugimaki_flycatcher), ''Ficedula mugimaki''<ref>Das, S. (2014). Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki 
 from Neil Island, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India. Indian birds 9(2):56.</ref>
*[Tristram's bunting](/source/Tristram's_bunting), ''Emberiza tristrami''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Naniwadekar, R., Viswanathan, A., Kumar, R. & Dalvi, S.|year=2013|title=First record of Tristram's Bunting ''Emberiza tristrami'' from India|journal=Indian Birds|volume=8|issue=5|pages=134–135}}</ref>

The first national records of the following species were published in this journal.
*[Short-tailed shearwater](/source/Short-tailed_shearwater), ''Ardenna tenuirostris'' (India<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Giri, P. |author2=Dey, A. |author3=Sen, S. K. | year=2013 | title=Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris from Namkhana, West Bengal: A first record for India. | journal=Indian Birds|volume=8 | issue=6|pages=131}}</ref> and Bangladesh<ref>{{cite journal|author= Thompson, P. M., Reza, C. M., & Ul Haque, E. | year=2013 | title=First record of Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris from Bangladesh. | journal=Indian Birds|volume=8 | issue=6|pages=135–136}}</ref>)
*[Long-tailed jaeger](/source/Long-tailed_jaeger), ''Stercorarius longicaudus''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Karuthedathu, D.|year= 2014|title= Long-tailed Jaeger ''Stercorarius longicaudus'' from the western coast of India: Identification in retrospect|journal=Indian Birds|volume=9 |issue=3|pages=69–72}}</ref>
*[Woodchat shrike](/source/Woodchat_shrike), ''Lanius senator''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Nandgaonkar, P. S.|year=2013|title=Woodchat Shrike ''Lanius senator'' from Alibaug, Maharashtra: A first record for India|journal=Indian Birds|volume=8 |issue=6|page=164}}</ref>
*[Asian stubtail](/source/Asian_stubtail), ''Urosphena squameiceps''<ref>{{cite journal|author=Das, S.|year=2014|title=Asian Stubtail ''Urosphena squameiceps'' in Rabindrasarobar, Kolkata: A first record for India|journal= Indian Birds|volume= 9 |issue=1|pages=26–27}}</ref>

Apart from publishing pure novelties, the journal has published opinion pieces.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Shyamal, L. |year=2007|title=Opinion: Taking Indian ornithology into the Information Age|journal=Indian Birds |volume=3|issue=4|pages=122–137|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228679235}}</ref>

Some of the special issues published include
*[Andaman and Nicobar Islands](/source/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianbirds.in/portfolio/sep-oct-2007/|title=Vol. 3 No. 5 Sep-Oct 2007|work=indianbirds.in|date=25 May 2007 }}</ref>
*[MigrantWatch](/source/MigrantWatch)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianbirds.in/portfolio/nov-dec-2007/|title=Vol. 3 No. 6 Nov-Dec 2007|work=indianbirds.in|date=26 May 2007 }}</ref>
*[Bhutan](/source/Bhutan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianbirds.in/portfolio/nov-dec-2008/|title=Vol. 4 No. 6 Nov-Dec 2008|work=indianbirds.in|date=26 May 2008 }}</ref>
*[Arunachal Pradesh](/source/Arunachal_Pradesh)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianbirds.in/portfolio/may-jun-2009/|title=Vol. 5 No. 3 May-Jun 2009|work=indianbirds.in|date=23 May 2009 }}</ref>
*[Gujarat](/source/Gujarat)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianbirds.in/portfolio/jul-oct-2010/|title=Vol. 6 No. 4 & 5 Jul-Sep 2010|work=indianbirds.in|date=24 May 2010 }}</ref>
*[Pelagic birds](/source/Pelagic_birds)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianbirds.in/portfolio/may-jun-2011/|title=Vol. 7 No. 3 May-Jun 2011|work=indianbirds.in|date=23 May 2011 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of ornithology journals](/source/List_of_ornithology_journals)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Official website|http://www.indianbirds.in/}}

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