Twelve other authors are listed as having contributed to this volume, including Per Alström, Nigel Collar and Craig Robson.
Following work a decade ago by Per Alström, Mirafra microptera was split from M. assamica, along with two others, making a new total of four.
Following work a decade ago by Per Alström, Indochinese Bush Lark was split from M. assamica, along with two others, making a new total of four.
Alström works at the data bank (Artdatabanken) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, but has previously worked at Uppsala University and the Swedish Museum of Natural History.
Between 1989 and 1995 he made private trips to China, with Per Alström and Urban Olsson, where they discovered three previously undescribed Phylloscopus warblers.