Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel - Male) - Sikkim Bird

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Asian Koel - Male)

Place : Government Fruit Preservatory Factory, Singtam, East Sikkim
Date:April 29,  2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:       Animalia

Phylum:          Chordata

Class:             Aves

Order:            Cuculiformes

Family:           Cuculidae

Genus:            Eudynamys

Species:           E. scolopaceus

Binomial name: Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Names:  Asian koel

Special feature:  The Asian koel is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young.

Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black Bulbul) - Sikkim Bird

Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black Bulbul)

Venue: Government Fruit Preservatory Factory, Singtam., East Sikkim

Date: April 26, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Black Bulbul)

Venue: Shantinagar, Singtam,  East Sikkim

Date: March 4, 2014

Pic: Shital Pradhan

Scientific classification

Kingdom:           Animalia

Phylum:              Chordata

Class:                 Aves

Order:                 Passeriformes

Family:                Pycnonotidae

Genus:                Hypsipetes

Species:              H. leucocephalus

Binomial name:  Hypsipetes leucocephalus (Gmelin, 1789)

Other Names: Himalayan Black Bulbul or Asian Black Bulbul

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