Newsletter for Birdwatchers is an Indian periodical of ornithology and birdwatching founded in 1960 by Zafar Futehally, who edited it until 2003. It was initially mimeographed and distributed to a small number of subscribers each month. It is one of the oldest periodicals devoted to ornithology in India. The editorial board in its early years included Salim Ali, Biswamoy Biswas and other ornithologists in the region. The present editorial board includes many ornithologists, viz., Dr. A.M.K. Bharos, Dr. S.P. Bhatnagar, Dr. A.K. Chakravarthy, Dr. Ranjan Kumar Das, Dr. S. Devasahayam, Dr. Raju Kasambe, B.S. Kulkarni, Dr. Dipankar Lahkar, Arvind Mishra, Dr. Geeta S. Padate, K. Mrutumjaya Rao, A.N. Yellappa Reddy, Dr. Rajiv Saxena, Dr. A.B. Shanbhag, Arunayan Sharma, Dr. Hiren B. Soni, S. Shreyas, S. Sridhar and Dr. Abraham Verghese as in January 2022.
The nature of the articles are largely informal and often essay-like. Important observations were often republished in other journals such as the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, however the outreach of more serious journals to amateur birdwatchers in the region was limited.[1][2]
It was later produced once in two months in a printed form by S. Sridhar of Navbharat Press in Bangalore who took up both the publication and editorship in 2003 when Futehally shifted affiliation to another periodical named Indian Birds which was published from Hyderabad.[3] It was then published every two months in English from Bangalore. The magazine is still published bimonthly.Now it is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee of publications. All the issues up to December 2020 are uploaded on its website (https://sites.google.com/view/nlbw). [4]
NewsletterforBirdwatchers is an Indian periodical of ornithology and birdwatching founded in 1960 by Zafar Futehally, who edited it until 2003. It was...
Institute for Ornithology 11(2):87–95 Neelakantan, KK (1980) The breeding of the Indian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea. NewsletterforBirdwatchers . 20(1):7...
Malabar Whistling Thrush (Myophonus horsfieldii) in Chhattisgarh." NewsletterforBirdwatchers 59.6 (2019): 73. Bharos, A M K (1996). "Range extension of the...
clutch size in Grey Francolin (Francolinus pondicerianus)". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 38 (6): 105. Edwards, DB (1933). "Nesting of the Grey Partridge...
"The Nesting of Pitta brachyura in the Konkan Maharashtra". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 41 (4): 48–49. Singh, H. (2004). "Indian Pitta Pitta brachyura...
Indian Peafowl". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 34 (6): 139. Singh, H. (1964). "Peahens flying up with young". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 4 (1): 14. Shivrajkumar...
WWGBP/HancockHouse. pp. 135–147. Hill, LA (1966). "Heralders of the monsoon". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 6 (8): 6–7. Dodsworth, PTL (1912). "Extension of the habitat...
Wren-Warbler". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 30 (5&6): 15. Ramanan, R. V. (1995). "The nest of Ashy Wren Warbler Prinia socialis". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 35...
known for his work as the secretary of the Bombay Natural History Society and for the NewsletterforBirdwatchers a periodical that helped birdwatchers around...
Black Drongo". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 31 (3&4): 8. Nameer, PO (1990). "Midnight feeding by black drongo". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 30 (7–8): 9...
South India". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 9 (11): 10. Ali, S (1968) The case of the Indian Grey Junglefowl. NewsletterforBirdwatchers . 8(5):5-6. Subramanian...
Osprey in Karaivetti Lake near Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu. NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 37: (4) 68. Subramanya, S. 2006. Heronries of Tamil Nadu. Indian...
notes on the local movements of the Pond Heron Ardeola grayii". NewsletterforBirdwatchers. 28 (1–2): 8–9. Arendt, Wayne J. (1988). "Range Expansion of...
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