Sandgrouse is published by OSME and contains papers and short notes on the ornithology of the OSME region, provides bird and conservation news from the region, and a comprehensive round-up of bird sightings in the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
Sandgrouse volume 47 (1) Spring 2025
Special feature: The status of the eastern population of Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax (Editors: Mimi Kessler, Louis-Philippe Campeau & Nigel J Collar)
| 3 | The status of the eastern population of Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax: editors’ preface. |
| Mimi Kessler, Louis-Philippe Campeau & Nigel J Collar | |
| 6 | Recovery at risk: a flyway-level population assessment of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in its eastern range. |
| Mimi Kessler, Louis-Philippe Campeau & Nigel J Collar | |
| 26 | Türkiye’s Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax in decline: assessing distribution, population trends and threats. |
| İbrahi̇m Kaan Özgenci̇l, Qazi Hammad Mueen, Ki̇raz Erci̇yas Yavuz, Mustafa Sözen, Ahmet Karataş, İbrahi̇m Uysal, Ömer Faruk Şahi̇n, Ali̇ Ari̇f Çeki̇ci̇, Kubi̇lay Kaplan, Mehmet Mahi̇r Karataş, Mustafa Erturhan, Alaz Uslu, Bi̇rol Hati̇noğlu, Ahmet Can Tinaz, Di̇lan Meli̇sa Özsoy, Kerem Ali̇ Boyla, Süreyya İsfendi̇yaroğlu, Süleyman Ekşi̇oğlu & Ferdi̇ Akarsu | |
| 38 | The Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan |
| Ahmad Aidek, Korsh M Ararat, Simon Awad, Samer Azar, Fouad Itani, Fares Khoury & Ghassan Ramadan-Jaradi | |
| 48 | Decline in Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax numbers wintering in Israel since the 1980s |
| Yoav Perlman | |
| 52 | Wild vagrants and intentional releases? Records of Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in the Arabian peninsula |
| Oscar Campbell & Mimi Kessler | |
| 59 | Status of Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Russia based on assessments in four key regions |
| Mikhail Lvovich Oparin, Olga Sergeyevna Oparina, Anton Alexandrovich Abushin, Viktor Nikolayevich Fedosov & Alexander Alexeyevich Nefedov | |
| 73 | Challenges and opportunities for the conservation of large but fluctuating flocks of Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax in eastern Georgia |
| Nika Budagashvili | |
| 80 | A historical overview of Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax records in Armenia suggests a need for improved monitoring and conservation measures |
| Karen Aghababyan | |
| 87 | Assessing the wintering population and conservation challenges of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Azerbaijan |
| Zulfu Farajli | |
| 102 | Iran’s Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax show the first signs of a renewed decline: an updated status, 2016-2024 |
| Abbas Ashoori, Farhad Hosseini Tayefeh & Louis-Philippe Campeau | |
| 111 | Populations of Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax in Kazakhstan have rebounded following a period of agricultural abandonment |
| Maxim A Koshkin, Ruslan Urazaliyev & Boris M Gubin | |
| 122 | Mapping the recovery of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Kyrgyzstan |
| Louis-Philippe Campeau, Sergey V Kulagin & Pavel Isayenko | |
| 133 | Warming temperatures and reduced snow cover are associated with new wintering grounds for the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Uzbekistan |
| Anna Ten, Mariya Gritsina, Timur Abduraupov, Elena Kreuzberg, Maksim Mitropolskiy, Natalya Marmazinskaya & Alexander Raykov | |
| 140 | The Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Turkmenistan: an analysis of status, 1880‒2024 |
| Eldar Anverovich Rustamov & Alexander Alexeyevich Shcherbina | |
| 150 | Slight increase in the number of wintering Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax in Tajikistan |
| Rustam Muratov | |
| 155 | Status of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Afghanistan |
| Stephane Ostrowski | |
| 160 | Status of the Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax in Pakistan based on historical and recent sighting records |
| Ahmad Khan, Najam Ul Huda Khan, Sharif Uddin & Azan Karam | |
| 167 | Differential migration of Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax at the fringes of its eastern range |
| Louis-Philippe Campeau & Mimi Kessler | |
| 174 | Breeding status and distribution of birds in Prince Mohammed bin Salman Royal Reserve, Saudi Arabia |
| William Connock, Tristan Evans, Ricardo O Ramalho, David Wells & Joshua Smithson | |
| 193 | Stability of a resident Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus population on Masirah island, Oman |
| Ivaylo Angelov, Maia Sarrouf Willson, Rabab Al Lawati & Mike McGrady | |
| 203 | Breeding of Rufous-capped Lark Calandrella eremica in Khaybar White Volcano Geopark, north-western Saudi Arabia |
| Jaime Sousa, Paulo Alves, Ana P Coelho, Bruno Herlander Martins, João Salvador Falé, Laszlo Patko, Leili Khalatbari, Ayman Abdulkareem & José Carlos Brito | |
| 209 | Expansion of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in Georgia |
| Denis Kitel, Zakaria Songulashvili & Zurab Javakhishvili | |
| 219 | Birds of Kazakhstan – an update |
| Arend Wassink | |
| 225 | Assessing the invasive potential of Rose-ringed Parakeets Psittacula krameri in Cyprus: historical sightings, ecological impacts and strategies for prevention |
| Dominika Knazovicka | |
| 233 | First record of Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus lorenzii in Oman |
| Stephen Taylor | |
| 237 | First record of Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus from Iran |
| Parham Azarakhsh, Soroush Seraj & Alvand Mohammadalizadegan | |
| 239 | From the Rarities Committees. |
| Ian Harrison (Compiler) | |
| 250 | OSME Regional Round-up |
| Simon Tull (Compiler) | |
| 265 | Obituary: Ian Robert Willis (1944–2024) |
| Richard Porter | |
| 266 | Around the Region |
| Ian Harrison, Jane Stylianou & Simon Tull (Compilers) |
| Editor | Dr Paul Donald Sandgrouse editor. |
| Editorial Board | AbdulRahman Al-Sirhan (Kuwait), Dr Raffael Ayé (Switzerland), Jem Babbington (Saudi Arabia, photo consultant) Arnoud van den Berg (Netherlands), Michael Blair (UK), Chris Bradshaw (UK), Dr Gary Brown (Germany), Oscar Campbell (UAE), Peter Castell (UK), Pia Fetting (Germany), Peter Flint (UK), Dr Robert Flood (UK), Paul Goriup (UK), Jens Hering (Germany), Mike Jennings (UK), Dr Abolghasem Khaleghizadeh (Iran), Dr Fares Khoury (Jordan), Dr Alan Knox (UK), Andrew Lassey (UK), Dr Mike McGrady (Austria), Dr Stephen Newton (Ireland), Yoav Perlman (Israel), Aasheesh Pittie (India), Richard Porter (UK), Hana Ahmed Raza (Iraq), Colin Richardson (Cyprus), Anna Sandor (Hungary), Dr Manuel Schweizer (Switzerland), Dr Derek Scott (UK), Dr Robert Sheldon (UK), Dr Ruth Tingay (UK), Arend Wassink (Netherlands), Geoff Welch (France) |