User:Shyamal

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Bird articles to improve

There is a fair amount of primary research literature (not to be confused with primary sources) that is hidden especially to Internet researchers. There are several field guide books for the Indian region and few cite primary sources presumably for want of space. Nearly all the recent bird guides are written by visitors and meant for use by tourists, the focus restricted to identification and with ecological aspects almost entirely glossed over. My idea here (and hopefully numerous others will join in as they have done in other parts of the world) is to bring some balance, review the existing literature and expose it for further study.

The rating stars below are indicators of the depth of life-history coverage in literature. The tick size indicates how well the sources have been examined, many theses, books and the HBW are not easy to find. Those without any ticks have not been reviewed at all. Regardless of the ratings, most of these articles can do with additional copy-editing, sourcing and updates with new research. (The numbers at the end can be completely ignored, they were reporting rates in a sample of records used to sort the birds by "popularity" - but more often than not, public interest in rare and enigmatic birds outweighs that for the common)

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