The ENVIS Centre On Avian Ecology newsletter was named BUCEROS. To those unfamiliar, BUCEROS is the genus under which the Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis (Great Pied Hornbill) is classified. The Great Hornbill is the logo of the BNHS and also adopted as a mascot.

The BUCEROS newsletter is being distributed among institutes, organizations, researchers and interested individuals on the basis of the request. Right from the inaugural issue, BUCEROS gained popularity among the scientific community. On basis of requirements of scientists and birdwatchers, monographs covering various themes were published as follows (See List of BUCEROS Contents) through the BUCEROS newsletter.

During ENVIS evaluation workshop in 2007, the MoEF suggested to redesign the format of BUCEROS (and other publications of ENVIS) and make it more popular.

The new format (since BUCEROS Vol. 12) includes subject area news (national, international, organisational and ENVIS Centre), articles and abstracts. The scientific content of the articles as well as the language has been maintained such that it would keep the interest of the layman as well as update the readers with current developments in avian ecology studies. Readers are requested to send articles and news for the newsletter accordingly.

To subscribe for the e-copy of our upcoming BUCEROS issues or to contribute to the newsletter do write us a mail at bnhs@envis.nic.in

List of BUCEROS Contents