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Sort out all the redlinked species names (English/scientific) Ensure articles for all split species make a referenced mention of the split wikilinked scientific names that follow a wikilinked English name can be dispensed with Add more species photos Better captions for existing photos Read reviews and add a critical reaction section based on their content Material in "On producing Birds of South Asia" by Pamela Rasmussen in Indian Birds 3 - add relevant stuff to article Mention the tentative splits (partial list below) Produce stubs for the redlinked people De-redlink "Restricted range endemic bird species" Be more specific with the HBW10 thrushes chapter reference in the footnotes Mention uncovering of the Meinterzhagen frauds (& others?) Add ISBNs to references list Review against WP:LEAD Submit for GA assessment

[edit] Tentative splits

• Eastern Black-tailed GOdwit Limosa (limosa) melanuroides (split from Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa)
• Southern Coucal Centropus (sinensis) andamensis (split from Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis)
• Fork-tailed Drongo-cuckoo Surniculus (lugubris) dicruroides (split from Drongo-cuckoo Surniculus lugubris)
• Ceylon Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus (schisticeps) melanurus (split from White-browed Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps)
• Mount Victoria Babax Babax (lanceolatus) woodi (split from Chinese Babax Babax lanceolatus)
• Indian Reed-warbler Acrocephalus (stentoreus) brunnescens (split from Clamorous Reed-warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus)
• Siberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus (collybita) tristis (split from Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita)
• Large-billed Crow Corvus (macrorhynchos) japonensis (split from Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos)
• Eastern Jungle Crow Corvus (macrorhynchos) levaillantii (split from Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos)
• Indian Jungle Crow Corvus (macrorhynchos) culminatus (split from Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos)

SP-KP (talk) 20:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reviews

(for research, to compile a "Critical reaction" section)

• Birdwatch, vol. 14, no. 7, 2005, p.48, Simon Papps
• Nature 438, 916, Richard Grimmett
• Birding Magazine (May/June 2006; 38(3)), Ben King
• Bishop & Myers, Emu, 2006, 106, 87–91^[1]
• Dickinson, The Auk ^[2]
• kennerley, Surfbirds^[3]
• Aasheesh Pittie, Indian Birds, review -Pittie, Aasheesh (2005). "Citation is missing a {{{title}}}.

Either specify one, or click here and a bot will complete the citation details for you. {{{title}}}". Indian Birds 1 (4): 92-94. 

[edit] Other

• Indian Birds article on the production of the Ripley guide^[4]