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Yellow-footed Green Pigeon

Treron phoenicopterus

33 cm

Widespread resident; unrecorded in most of Himalayas and northwest.

ID: Large size, grey cap and greenish-yellow forehead and throat, broad olive-yellow collar, pale greyish-green upperparts, mauve shoulder patch, yellowish band at base of tail, and yellow legs and feet. Sexes are similar, although female is duller. T. p. chlorigaster and T. p. phillipsi occurring in peninsular India and Sri Lanka have greenish-yellow belly and flanks almost concolorous with yellow of breast. Belly and flanks are grey in the northern subspecies (T. p. phoenicopterus) and clearly demarcated from breast. Intermediates occur.

Voice: Similar to that of Orange-breasted.

HH: Habits similar to Orange-breasted. Deciduous forest and fruiting trees around villages and cultivation.

Source: Helm Field Guides.

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

16 cm

Widespread resident. ID From the similar forest-dwelling Blue-eared by orange ear-coverts, paler greenish-blue upperparts, and paler orange underparts. Note however that juvenile Blueeared has rufous ear-coverts. Female has red on lower mandible. Juvenile is similar to adult, but duller and greener above, with dusky scaling on breast. A. a. taprobana (peninsular India and Sri Lanka) is brighter and bluer than the widespread bengalensis, and closer in coloration to Blueeared. Voice Call is a high-pitched, shrill chee, usually repeated and chit-it-it alarm call. HH Fresh waters in open country, also mangroves and seashore in winter.

Source: Helm Field Guides

ID: Glossy Ibis, Scientific name: Plegadis falcinellus, বাংলা নাম ঃ খয়রা কাস্তেচরা

( Ardea cinerea, Grey Heron, ধুপনি বক )

90–98 cm

Resident, passage migrant and winter visitor. Widespread; unrecorded in parts of the northwest and northeast. ID: A large, mainly grey heron, lacking any brown or rufous in its plumage. In flight, black flight feathers contrast with grey upperwing- and underwing-coverts, and shows a prominent white leading edge to wing when head-on. Adult has yellow bill, whitish head and neck with black head plumes, and black patches on belly. In breeding season, has whitish scapular plumes and bill and legs become orange or reddish. Immature is duller than adult, with grey crown, reduced black ‘crest', greyer neck, less pronounced black patches on sides of belly, and duller bill and legs. Juvenile has dark grey cap with slight crest, dirty grey neck and breast, lacks black patches on belly sides, lacks plumes, and has dark legs. Voice: Often calls in flight, a loud frarnk. HH: A typical diurnal heron. Usually feeds singly; occasionally gathers in loose parties at good feeding areas. Roosts communally in winter. Prefers to hunt in the open unlike Purple Heron. Inland and coastal waters: lakes, marshes, estuaries, mangroves, tidal creeks, rocky offshore islands and coral reefs."

Source: HELM FIELD GUIDES

spotted owlet, Athene brama, খুড়ুলে প্যাঁচা

Northern Shoveler (Northern shoveller ), Anas clypeata, উত্তুরে খুন্তে হাঁস : male

Black Redstart, কালো গির্দি

Phoenicurus ochruros

15 cm

Resident. Breeds in Pakistan mountains and N Himalayas; widespread in winter. ID: Male has black or dark grey upperparts, black breast, and rufous underparts. Female and first-year male are almost entirely dusky brown with rufous-orange wash on lower flanks and belly. Juvenile has diffuse dark scaling on upperparts and underparts, and fine buff greater-covert bar. Male P. o. phoenicuroides (W Himalayas) has grey crown, nape and lower back; these areas are much blacker in P. o. rufiventris (C and E Himalayas). Voice: Calls include a short tsip, scolding tucc-tucc and a rapid rattle. HH: Breeds in Tibetan steppe habitat; winters in cultivation and plantations.

Source: Helm Field Guides

Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata ) . বাংলায়, পাকড়া ঝাড়ফিদ্দা

( Ardea cinerea, Grey Heron, ধুপনি বক )

"Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

90–98 cm

Resident, passage migrant and winter visitor. Widespread; unrecorded in parts of the northwest and northeast. ID: A large, mainly grey heron, lacking any brown or rufous in its plumage. In flight, black flight feathers contrast with grey upperwing- and underwing-coverts, and shows a prominent white leading edge to wing when head-on. Adult has yellow bill, whitish head and neck with black head plumes, and black patches on belly. In breeding season, has whitish scapular plumes and bill and legs become orange or reddish. Immature is duller than adult, with grey crown, reduced black ‘crest', greyer neck, less pronounced black patches on sides of belly, and duller bill and legs. Juvenile has dark grey cap with slight crest, dirty grey neck and breast, lacks black patches on belly sides, lacks plumes, and has dark legs. Voice: Often calls in flight, a loud frarnk. HH: A typical diurnal heron. Usually feeds singly; occasionally gathers in loose parties at good feeding areas. Roosts communally in winter. Prefers to hunt in the open unlike Purple Heron. Inland and coastal waters: lakes, marshes, estuaries, mangroves, tidal creeks, rocky offshore islands and coral reefs."

Source: HELM FIELD GUIDES

Knob-billed Duck, নকতা হাঁস

Sarkidiornis melanotos

56–76 cm

Resident. Widespread in India, also Nepal lowlands and Bangladesh. ID Whitish head, speckled with black, and whitish underparts with incomplete narrow breast-band. Upperwing and underwing blackish. Male has blackish upperparts glossed with bronze, blue and green, with fleshy ‘comb' at base of bill and yellowish-buff wash to sides of head and neck in summer; comb much reduced in winter. Female much smaller with duller upperparts and no comb. Juvenile has pale supercilium contrasting with dark crown and eye-stripe, buff scaling on upperparts, and rufous-buff underparts with dark scaling on sides of breast. HH Grazes in marshes and wet grassland, also dabbles in shallows. Lowland pools and lakes in well-wooded country. AN Comb Duck

Source: Helm Field Guides