This Handbook, part of a ten-volume series on South Asian birds, is an important landmark in Indian ornithology. It includes information on long-range migration and taxonomic changes, along with the existing life history information, accounts of behaviour, ecology, distribution, and migration records of practically every species of birds found not only on the Indian subcontinent but also in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka. Written in a vigorous, animated ...
The first intensive study of birds of Bhutan dates back to 1930's by Frank Ludow. The keen interest of his majesty, the late Druk Glypo Jigme Dorje Wangchuk initiated the next major study of avifauna (1966-1973) through a series of nine surveys conducted by the three of the distinguished ornithologists viz., Dr. Salim Ali, Dr. Biswamoy Biswas and Dr. S. Dillon Ripley. The venture was unique in so much so that scientists from three internationally known ...