Showing posts with label Chordata. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chordata. Show all posts

Monday 15 October 2018

Asiatic water snake (Xenochrophis piscator)

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SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Xenochrophis
Species: X. piscator

Binomial name: Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider, 1799)
Other name : Checkered Keelback, Doodhe Saap (Nepali)

Special Feature :  It is a common species of nonvenomous snake. This snake is found in or near freshwater lakes or rivers. It feeds mainly on small fish and water frogs

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Blue-fronted redstart (Phoenicurus frontalis - female) - Sikkim Bird

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Chordata
Class:             Aves
Order:            Passeriformes
Family:           Muscicapidae
Genus:            Phoenicurus
Species:           P. frontalis
Binomial name: Phoenicurus frontalis Vigors, 1832


Other Names:  The female is brownish-grey, with paler under parts. Its range includes the northern regions of the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. (Wikipedia)

Monday 15 February 2016

Yellow-bellied fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxantha) - Sikkim Bird


Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Chordata
Class:              Aves
Order:            Passeriformes
Family:           Stenostiridae
Genus:            Chelidorhynx Hodgson, 1844
Species:           C. hypoxantha
Binomial name: Chelidorhynx hypoxantha Blyth, 1843

Other Names:  yellow-bellied fairy-fantail

Special feature:  It is yellow below and has a black eye-stripe, white wing-bar and broad black tail tipped white.


It used to be placed in the family of the fantails (Rhipiduridae), but DNA analysis has shown it to be a close relative of the fairy flycatcher and it has therefore been transferred to the Stenostiridae (IOC World Bird List), in the re-validated monotypic genus Chelidorhynx. (Wikipedia)

Sunday 3 January 2016

Garrulax ocellatus (Spotted laughingthrush) - Sikkim Bird



Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Chordata
Class:             Aves
Order:            Passeriformes
Family:           Leiothrichidae
Genus:            Garrulax (disputed)
Species:          G. ocellatus

Binomial name: Garrulax ocellatus (Vigors, 1831)

Other Names: 


Special feature:  The spotted laughingthrush (Garrulax ocellatus) is a bird species in the Leiothrichidae family. In the proposed rearrangement of the laughingthrushes, it is sometimes placed in the genus Ianthocincla, as I. ocellata. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. (Wikipedia)

Friday 30 January 2015

Pericrocotus speciosus (Scarlet minivet - male) - Sikkim Bird

Pericrocotus speciosus (Scarlet minivet - male)

Place : Shantinagar, Singtam, East Sikkim

Date: January 23, 2015
Pic: Shital Pradhan



Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Chordata
Class:             Aves
Order:            Passeriformes
Family:           Campephagidae
Genus:            Pericrocotus
Species:           P. speciosus

Binomial name: Pericrocotus speciosus Latham, 1790

Other Names:  Scarlet Minivet

Special feature:  While the male of most subspecies are scarlet to orange with black upper parts, the females are usually yellow with greyish olive upper parts.

There are 13 species found in this genus:


    Rosy minivet,                                                          Pericrocotus roseus
    Swinhoe's minivet or brown-rumped minivet,        Pericrocotus cantonensis
    Ashy minivet,                                                          Pericrocotus divaricatus
    Ryukyu minivet,                                                     Pericrocotus tegimae
    Small minivet,                                                         Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
    Fiery minivet,                                                          Pericrocotus igneus
    Little minivet,                                                         Pericrocotus lansbergei
    White-bellied minivet,                                            Pericrocotus erythropygius
    Grey-chinned minivet,                                            Pericrocotus solaris
    Long-tailed minivet,                                               Pericrocotus ethologus
    Short-billed minivet,                                               Pericrocotus brevirostris
    Sunda minivet,                                                        Pericrocotus miniatus
    Scarlet minivet,                                                       Pericrocotus speciosus
    Orange minivet,                                                      Pericrocotus flammeus

Wednesday 24 December 2014

Enicurus scouleri (little forktail) - Sikkim Bird





Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia
Phylum:          Chordata
Class:             Aves
Order:            Passeriformes
Family:           Muscicapidae
Genus:            Enicurus
Species:           E. scouleri
Binomial name: Enicurus scouleri Vigors, 1832

Other Names:  little forktail

Special feature: