Monday, June 30, 2014

Greater racket-tailed drongo ( Dicrurus paradiseus )

Greater racket-tailed drongo
Greater racket-tailed drongo



























Scientific name: Dicrurus paradiseus
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Dicrurus

The Greater Racket-tailed Drongo is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips. They are placed along with other drongos in the family Dicruridae


Range-Bhutan, India, Nepal ,Bangladesh,Sri lanka, and Maldives.unrecorded in Pakistan.


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Abbott's babbler ( Malacocincla abbotti )





















Abbott's babbler

Scientific name: Malacocincla abbotti

Rank: Species

Higher classification: Malacocincla


Resident, Himalayan foothills, NE India and Bangladesh..

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Black drongo

























Scientific name: Dicrurus macrocercus
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Dicrurus

The Black Drongo is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. Widespread resident.

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Crimson Sunbird



























Crimson Sunbird
Size-11CM
scientific name-Aethopyga siparaja


Crimson Sunbirds average 11 cm or 4.3 inches in length. They have medium-length thin down-curved bills and brush-tipped tubular tongues, both adaptations to their nectar feeding.
The adult male has a bright red throat, chest and sides. He has deep blue moustachial stripes. His back is maroon-colored, his rump is yellow and his abdomen is yellowish-olive. He has a bluish-green tail with white tips to the outer tail feathers.

range of indian subcontinent

Range: Bhutan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh.

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Little cormorant



























Scientific name: Microcarbo niger
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Phalacrocorax

The little cormorant is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds. Slightly smaller than the Indian cormorant it lacks a peaked head and has a shorter beak.

SOURCE-Wikipedia


Range-Bhutan, India, Nepal ,Bangladesh,Sri lanka,Pakistan and Maldives


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