A total of 395 nests of 39 species was found during 2003-2005. Overall (uncorrected)
estimates of nesting success for all species combined ranged from 40% in 2003 to 24% in 2005.
The sample sizes of nests for two species, Puff-throated Bulbul and Abbott’s Babbler
(Malacocincla abbotti) were large enough to yield corrected (Mayfield) estimates of nesting success.
Nesting success for Puff-throated Bulbul in 2004 was 20.7% ±9.6 SE (n =-23) and 8.2% ±3.8 SE in
2005 (n = 56). For Abbott’s Babbler nesting success was 24.9 ±8.5 SE (n = 32) and 11.3% ±6.9, (n =
24) for 2004 and 2005 respectively (Table 3). The differences between the two years were not
significant, though the coincidence in results for both species (nesting success in 2005 was only half
that obtained in 2004) indicates that the difference was probably real