Asian Koel Published at 11:29 PM in Koel Scientific Name Eudynamys scolopacea Common Name Asian koel Local Name

Koel, Kok ila The most melodious call among all birds as they say and i m completely agree Description widespread resident in India. bird of light woodland and cultivation . It is a brood parasite, and lays its single egg in the nests of a variety of b irds, including House Crows. The young Koel does not. Identification Large, long-tailed, cuckoo at 43 cm. The male is greenish-black, with a pale green bill and red eyes. The female is brownish above and whitish be low, but is heavily striped and spotted brown. Size 43 cm. Bill pale green Feeding variety of insects, caterpillars, eggs and small vertebrates. It occasio nally eats fruit. Nest Brood-parasitic Egg eggs smaller, similar to the crows. pale grayish Flight Flight is straight and swift with rapid wing beats Call noisy species, with a persistent and loud ko-ooo ko-ooo call as well as oth er gurgles and screams.

Green Bee Eater

Indian Birds About The Birds: Green Bee-eater, (Merops orientalis), Local Name-Patringa somet imes known as the Little Green Bee-eater because of its Size. This specious is f ound Throughout Indian and can be seen in Both Rural and Urban areas Howevers th ese days it no longer seen in urban areas and Cities. But The Seen in Villiages in a no of thousands... It comes in the Least concern Category (LC) How To Identify This Birds They are like the other bee eaters this specious also grows many colour .It can grow upto 9 inches (16 18 cm) long with about 2 inches ma de up by the elongated central tail-feathers. The sexes are not visually disting uishable. The entire plumage is bright green and tinged with blue especially on the chin and throat. Size Green bee Eater is about 9 inches Eggs 3-5 spherical and glossy white. Feeding All Bees and Insects Call tree-tree-tree-tree usaully gives when catches a Bee or in flights. What i love about this birds The pattern of Colours and its wings and tail style in Flight and Call. Brahminy Mnya

Scientific Name Sturnus pagodarum Common Name Brahminy starling Local Name Brahminy myna Description Throughout india. Small flocks, thin wooded areas, gardens, moist gr assland, near grazing cattle. Largely omnivorous. Identification Grey above, reddish fawn below. Glossy black crown, long crest. W ing quills black. Brown tail with white at the tip. Size 22 cm. Feeding Berries, wild figs, insects. Nest Pad of grass, rags. Hollow in a tree or ruined wall. Egg 3-4, pale blue. Call Creaking chattering notes. Pleasant song.

Common Tailor Bird Published at 7:55 PM in Tailor Birds

This Bird is Very common In India The common tailor Bird Its so beautiful and ve ry fast Bird About Bird here is The Data Scientific Name Orthotomus sutorius Common Name Common tailorbird Local Name Darzan Description Throughout india. Shrubs, gardens, lawns. Can be seen in creepers an d flowering plants. Identification Tailorbird is olive green in color with white underparts and rust colored crown. It has two elongated pinpointed feathers in the tail.But Juvenil e has not its tail for many days after that it it grows it Tails feathers Size 13 cm. Feeding Tiny insects, grubs, insect eggs, nectar. Nest Rough cup of soft fibres, placed in a funnel, created by folding and stichi ng a large leaf. Egg 3-4, reddish or bluish white, spotted with brownish red. Call Loud cheerful towit-towit-, pretty-pretty-pretty

Jungle Crow

About the Bird Jungle crow Corvus macrorhyncos wagler called Jungli Kowwa in loc al language Description Throughout india. Can be see all over India omnivorous, destructive to eggs and chicks. Identification Glossy jet black colour, heavy black bill. full black colour body . Jungle crow has about 40-50cm in size and Feeds Carrion, fruits, grain, eggs, ch

icks. Structure of Nest Platform of twigs, cup like depression. and Lay 3-4 Eggs Call hoarse caw-caw-caw-caw

Yellow throated Sparrow or Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Published at 11:31 PM in Sparrows Scientific Name Petronia xanthocollis Common Name The Yellow-throated Sparrow or Chestnut-shouldered Petronia Local Name Peeli goraiya. Description This bird is found throughout India and found on Trees,Wires or Grou nd or found Feeding in the plants Identification Bill is black, the white two Wing bar on the Shoulder Males have a chestnut shoulder patch which can not seen easily and Have a yellow spot on th e throat (breast) Feeding Grains,Insects,nectar,berries and Nector of flowers Eggs 3 to 5 eggs Nests Made on the trees making with holes sometimes they make use of building ho llows. usaully made by females Call chirrup" and the song is chilp chalp cholp

Blue Rock Pigeon

Scientific Name Columba livia Gmelin Common Name Blue rock pigeon Local Name Kabutar Size 32 cm. Feeding Cereals, pulses, groundnuts.

Nest Flimsy collection of sticks, on a ledge or cracks of cliff, ceilings Egg 2, white, elliptical Call gootr-goo, gootr-goo

Scientific Name Streptopelia chinensis Common Name Spotted dove Local Name Chitkabra fakhta Description Open wooded and cultivated country, gardens. Pair or flocks. Identification White spotted pinkish brown and grey underparts. White and black chessboard on hindneck. Size 30 cm. Flight Swift and strong, initially vigrous wing strokes Nest Two crossed stick, flimsy, low down in tree, beams, verandas etc Egg 2, white Call Repeated kroo-kruk-krukroo

Eurasian Collared Dove Published at 7:32 PM in Pigeons and doves

About The Bird The Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) most often simply called the Collared Dove,also sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian Collared-dove is a species o f dove native to Asia and Europe, and also recently introduced in North America. this is a medium sized dove, distinctly smaller than the Wood Pigeon, similar in length to a Rock Pigeon but slimmer and longer-tailed, and slightly larger than

the related Turtle Dove, 30 33 cm long from tip of beak to tip of tail, with a wing span of 47 55 cm, and a weight of 125 240 g. It is grey-buff to pinkish-grey overall, a little darker above than below, with a blue-grey underwing patch. The tail feath ers are grey-buff above, and dark grey tipped white below; the outer tail feathe rs also tipped whitish above. It has a black half-collar edged with white on its nape from which it gets its name. The short legs are red and the bill is black. The iris is red, but from a distance the eyes appear to be black, as the pupil is relatively large and only a narrow rim of reddish-brown iris can be seen arou nd the black pupil. The eye is surrounded by a small area of bare skin, which is either white or yellow. The two sexes are virtually indistinguishable; juvenile s differ in having a poorly developed collar, and a brown iris Description The Collared Dove is not migratory, but is strongly dispersive. Over the last ce ntury, it has been one of the great colonisers of the bird world. Its original r ange at the end of the 19th century was warm temperate and subtropical Asia from Turkey east to southern China and south through India to Sri Lanka. However, in the 20th century it expanded across Europe, appearing in the Balkans between 19 00 1920, and then spreading rapidly northwest, reaching Germany in 1945, Great Brita in by 1953 (breeding for the first time in 1956) Behavior Collared Doves typically breed close to human habitation wherever food resources are abundant and there are trees for nesting; almost all nests are within a kil ometre of inhabited buildings. The female lays two white eggs in a stick nest, w hich she incubates during the night and which the male incubates during the day. Collared Doves typically breed close to human habitation wherever food resources are abundant and there are trees for nesting; almost all nests are within a kil ometre of inhabited buildings. The female lays two white eggs in a stick nest, w hich she incubates during the night and which the male incubates during the day.

Black Kite

The Predator Sitting About The Black kite is a bird of prey is very common in India and can be seen a ll over India.. Description Identification The Black Kite is smaller than Red Kite which is similar to Black Kite, less forked tail, visible in flight and generally dark plumage without an y rufous. The upper plumage is brown but the head and neck tend to be paler. The patch behind the eye appears darker. The outer flight feathers are black and th e feathers have dark cross bars and are mottled at the base. The lower parts of the body are pale brown, becoming lighter towards the chin. The body feathers ha ve dark shafts giving it a streaked appearance. The cere and gape are yellow but the bill is black (unlike in the Yellow-billed Kite). The legs are yellow and t he claws are black. They have a distinctive shrill whistle followed by a rapid w hinnying call. More about the Bird The Black has Meduim size of Prey. Feeds Snakes,Rats,Frogs,I nsects mostly meat. Nest Have a grass metreial sometimes plastic also use to mak e nest more Decorative. The female has about 2 or 3 eggs. About the Call It is l ike Chee-chee-chee Oriental Magpie Robin Robins

Scientific Name Copsychus saularis Common Name Oriental magpie robin Local Name Dhaiyar DescriptionMagpie Robin is found throughout India and is a common bird of town a nd villages. Also likes dry deciduous forests, semi forests, jungles and human i nhabitations. Generally a shy bird but becomes active in breeding season when ma le sings in the morning and afternoon from a tree top. Magpie robin is a good mi mic of other birds. Nesting season is from April to July. Identification Oriental Magpie Robin is a black and white bird with a cocked tail. Male is blac k and white while female is grey and white. Black of the male is replaced by bro wn and grey in female. Can be seen single or in pairs in parks, gardens etc. Size 20 cm. Feeding Insects, Flower nector. Nest A pad of grass, rootlets, hair etc in a hole. In walls,tree trunk or bough. Egg 3-5, pale blue green, blotched and mottled with red-brown color. Call Plain swee-ee and a harsh chur-rr. Bronze Winged Jacana Scientific Name Metopidious indicus Common Name Bronze winged jacana me Jal murgai or Jal pipi

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Description Found throughout india in jheels, wetlands and water bodies that are abundant in floating vegetation. Can be seen near to Waterlilly, singara etc. S wims and dives well. Can be Single or in a group. The female jacana is polyandro us. ie it can mate with two or more males at the same time. The elongated toes o f jacana enables them to walk over leaves and stem in aquatic areas. Its size an d swimming pattern is like that of a moorhen. Nesting season is from June to Sep tember Identification Head, neak and breast of Bronze winged jacana are glossy black wh ile back and wings are metallic greenish bronze in color. It has bronze coloured wings with chestnut stub tail. There is a broad white stripe behind the eyes to the nape. Toes are spider like that helps the jacana to walk in leaves over the water. Also known as leaf walker. Size 28 cm. Flight Typical rail in flight.Feeding Seeds, roots, aquatic plants, insects and mollusks. Nest Skimpy pad of twisted weed stems, on floating leaves, often partially subme rged. Egg 4, glossy, bronze brown with blackish scrawls. Call Short harsh grunt, seek-eek-eek Indian Chat or Rockchat

Scientific Name Cercomela fusca Common Name Brown rock chat Local Name shama, dauma Description Distributed widely in North, North western and central India. Found in rocky hills, ravines, ruins, building compounds, house gardens, bunalows etc. Tame and confiding, seen in single or pairs. Feeds on ground. Identification Plain brown colored with rufous brown below. Has dark wings and b lackish tail. Size 17 cm. Feeding Insects,Rice etc Nest rough cup of rootlets in a rock cliff or hollow wall Egg 3-4, pale blue with rusty specks & spots. Call Short whistling cheee

Asian Pied Staling Mynas, Starlings

Scientific Name Gracupica contra Common Name Asian Pied Starling or Pied Myna Local Name gulguchya or Safed Myna (U.P People) Description This pied starling is strikingly marked in black and white and has a

yellowish bill with a reddish bill base. The bare skin around the eye is reddis h. The upper body, throat and breast are black while the cheek, lores, wing cove rts and rump are contrastingly white. Identification Black and white plumage,Creamish ,White ear coverts and underpart s Black throat and upper breast. Juveniles are browner than adults, their cheek pa tch is dirty white.Yellowish-brown legs Size 21 cm. Bill Creamish Yellow Feeding Fruits, insects, kitchen scrap, grasshoppers. Egg 4-6 Eggs Call whistles, trills, buzzes, clicks, and warbling calls..

Ashy Prinia Prinia Scientific Name Prinia socialis Common Name The Ashy Prinia or Ashy Wren-Warbler Local Name Kali Phutki, Phutki Description hese 13 14 cm long warblers have short rounded wings and longish graduat ed cream tail tipped with black subterminal spots. The tail is usually held upri ght and the strong legs are used for clambering about and hopping on the ground. The crown is grey and the underparts are rufous in most plumages. In breeding pl umage, adults of the northern population are ash grey above, with a black crown and cheek with no supercilium and rufescent wings. In non-breeding season this p opulation has a short and narrow white supercilium and the tail is longer. In winter, the northern subspecies, P. s. stewartii Blyth, 1847, has warm brown upperparts and a longer tail and has seasonal variation in plumage. The other ra ces retain summer plumage all year round. West Bengal and eastwards has race ing lisi Whistler & Kinnear, 1933 which is darker slaty above than the nominate race of the Peninsula and deeper rufous on the flanks with a finer and shorter beak. The distinctive endemic race in Sri Lanka, P. s. brevicauda Legge, 1879, has a shorter tail and has the juveniles with yellowish underparts apart from a distin ct call. Identification Ashy Prinia is ashy slaty colored above while fulvous white below . The tail is black in color and white tipped. Both sexes are alike and can be s een in pairs in garden. Size 13-14 cm. Bill blackish silver Flight hopping Feeding insects Nest two types, like tailorbird or oblong purse of woven fibres bound with cobwe b Egg 3-4 Song tee-tee-tee with tail held up, kit- kit-kit when disturbed Red Wattled Lapwing Plovers and lapwings Scientific Name Vanellus indicus Common Name Red wattled lapwing Local Name Teet ahree Description Resident bird of India, a wader which is found near water, cultivati on, fields or maidans. Habitat depends on nesting as lays eggs on ground with ar

rangement of pebbles as nest. preference for marshes Identification Wader with black crown, chest, fore-neck stripe and tail tip. The upper face, the rest of the neck, flanks, belly and tail are white and the wing s and back are light brown. The bill and facial wattles Size 33 cm. Bill black tipped red bill Flight The name derives from the irregular lag of its wing beats in flight. irre gular flight pattern, there Feeding insects and other invertebrates, which are picked from the ground, mainl y at night. Nest in a ground scrape, collection of stones/pebbles and highly camouflaged Egg 3-4 blotchy buff Call keekik-keekik-keekik

Cattle Egret Bitterns, herons and egrets Common Name Cattle egret Scientific Name Bubulcus ibis Local Name Bagula, gai ba gula Description Throughout india. Gregarious, seen with grazing cattle, running in a nd out between their legs. Ready to seize insects disturbed by cattle movements Identification Cattle egret has orange plumage, head and back in breeding but pu re white color while in non breeding. Its legs are Red in Breeding and Greyish i n Non Breeding Size 51 cm. Bill yellow in Non-Breeding and Orange in Breeding Feeding grasshoppers, bluebottle flies, cicada, other insects, frogs, lizards, f ish Nest untidy twig platform, mixed colonies, large leafy trees Egg 3-5, pale skim milk blue. Call This species gives a quiet, throaty "rick-rack" call at the breeding colon y, but is otherwise largely silent.[1 Common Hoopoe Hoopoe

About Bird Scientific Name Upupa epops Common Name Hoopoe Local Name Khutkhut badai Description Throughout india. Lightly wooded areas, plains, hills, lawns, garden s, groves, around villages and towns. Walks and run like a quail. Probes into so il with bill for insects. Crest is folded and open like a fan. Beneficial to agr iculture. Identification Fawn colored, black and white zebra markings on back, wings and t ail. Fan shaped crest, long, slender, gently curved bill. Singly or in pairs. Us ually on the ground.

Size 31 cm. Feeding Insects, grubs, pupae. Nest Natural tree hollow or hole in wall or ceiling. Lined with straw, rags, rub bish. Egg 5-6, white. Call Soft, musical penetrating hoo-po hoo-po-po repeatedly.

Black Drongo Drongos Common Name Black drongo Scientific Name Dicrurus macrocercus vieillot Loc al Name Bhujnga, kotwal, karanjua Description Throughout india. Open areas, perched on wires, on grazing cattle . Beneficial to agriculture, chases crows, shikra, kite when nesting. Identification Glossy black, long deeply forked tail. Size 31 cm. Feeding Insects, flower nectar, small birds. Nest Flimsy bottomed cup of fine twigs, with cobwebs. Egg 3-5, whistish with brownish red spots. Call Harsh scolding, challenging calls. Source:My knowledge + WikiPedia Photograph by: Me (Rayyan Ali Khan) photograph all rights reserved and cannot be used anywhere without written permission of Rayyan Ali Khan.

Paddy-field Pipit Published at 7:17 PM in Pipits

About Bird Scientific Name Anthus rufulus vieillot Common Name Paddyfield pipit Description Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus) is a small passerine bird in the p ipits and wagtail family. It is a resident breeder in open scrub, grassland and cultivation in southern Asia east to the Philippines. Although among the few bre eding pipits in the Asian region, identification becomes difficult in winter whe n several other species migrate into the region. The taxonomy of the species is complex and has undergone considerable changes. Size 15 cm

Feeding larger beetles, tiny snails, worms etc. Egg 3-4 eggs Call tsip-tsip-tsip

Local Names Of Birds In INdia This is the list of local names of few Indian birds which i founded their names. This list is not state wise. the state wise bird can include other names or bird local names can be regionally these names are the most common in birds l ocal names called often in every region in India Sparrow - goraiya Pigeon - kabutar Dove - Fakhta Parakeets Rose ringed - kanthi wala tota Alexandrine - heeraman tota Red brested - kajla tota Blue winged - madangaur Plum headed - tuiya Slaty headed - pahari tuiya Hanging parrot - latkan tota, bhora Bulbul - bulbul Myna - myna Lapwing - titehri Egret - bagula Cormorants - pankauwa Swifts / Swallow - ababeel Koel - koel Drongo - karanjua (specifically in MP), bhujanga Magpie robin - dhaiyar Indian robin - kalchuri Kingfisher - klkila Peacock - mor Indian roller - neelkanth Green Bee Eater-Patringa Golden oriole - peelak Shrike - latora Darter - pan dubi Herons - anjan (but bagula is more commonly) Flemingo - raj hans (in gujrat) Bar headed goose - hans Brahminy shelduck - surkhab, chakwa Common teal - murgabi Spot billed duck - gugrail Comb duck - nakta Kite - cheel Vulture - giddh Quail - bater Francolin - teetar

Common crane - kraunch Sarus crane - sarus Water hen - jal murghi Great indian bustard - son chiraiya Jacana - peehu Pied crested cuckoo - chaatak Common hawk cuckoo (brain fever) - papiha Coucal - mahok Bee eater - patringa Hoopoe - kuth kuth badai,hudhud Hornbill - dhanesh Woodpecker - kathphodwa Indian pitta - navrang Iora - shaubhigee Paradise flycather - dudhraj, shah bulbul Purple sunbird - shakarkhora Lesser Floricon - Kharmor Buttonquails - Bater Sandgrouse - Teetar

The Indian Vulture (Gyps indicus) is an Old World vulture and is closely related to the Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus. It breeds mainly on hilly crags in central a nd peninsular India. The birds in the northern part of its range once considered a subspecies are now considered a separate species, the Slender-billed Vulture Gyps tenuirostris. These were lumped together under the name Long-billed Vulture . The species breeds mainly on cliffs, but is known to use trees to nest in Rajast han. Like other vultures it is a scavenger, feeding mostly from carcasses of dea d animals which it finds by soaring over savannah and around human habitation. T hey often move in flocks. The Long-billed Vulture is a typical vulture, with a bald head, very broad wings and short tail feathers. It is smaller and less heavily-built than the Eurasian Griffon, usually weighing between 5.5 and 6.3 kg (12 13.9 lbs) and measuring 80 103 cm (31 41 in) long and 1.96 to 2.38 m (6.4 to 7.8 ft) across the wings.[2][3] It is dis tinguished from that species by its less buff body and wing coverts. It also lac

ks the whitish median covert bar shown by Griffon.

National Bird of India The Peacock The Peacock, Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India. It is symbol ic of qualities like beauty, grace,

The Peacock, Pavo cristatus (Linnaeus), the national bird of India. It is symbol ic of qualities like beauty, grace, pride and mysticism. Peacocok is a colourful , swan-sized bird, with a fan-shaped crest of feathers, a white patch under the eye and a long, slender neck. ________________________________________ The male of the species is more colourful than the female, with a glistening blu e breast and neck and a spectacular bronze-green train of around 200 elongated f eathers it is able to expand its tail erect like fan as ostentatious display. Th e female is brownish, slightly smaller than the male, and lacks the train. These birds do not sound as beautiful as they look they have a harsh call. The elabor ate courtship dance of the male, fanning out the tail and preening its feathers is a beautiful sight. The peacock is widely found in the Indian sub-continent fr om the south and east of the Indus river, Jammu and Kashmir, east Assam, south M izoram and the whole of the Indian peninsula. Found wild in India (and also dome sticated in villages) they live in jungle lands near water. They were once bred for food but now hunting of peacocks is banned in India. It is fully protected u nder the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.