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Showing posts with label Swarup Rai. Show all posts
Friday 28 February 2014
Wednesday 12 February 2014
Monday 10 February 2014
Pycnonotus leucogenys (Himalayan Bulbul) - Sikim Brd
Pycnonotus leucogenys (Himalayan Bulbul)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 6, 2014
Pic: Swarup Rai
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: P.
leucogenys
Binomial name: Pycnonotus leucogenys (Gray, 1835)
Other
Names: Himalayan bulbul or White-cheeked
Bulbul
Special feature: If they are mixed with humans from
a young age, they will become friendly to humans. It is the national bird of
Bahrain.
(Wikipedia)
Pycnonotus cafer (Red-vented Bulbul) - Sikkim Bird
Pycnonotus cafer (Red-vented Bulbul)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 5, 2014
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Pycnonotidae
Genus: Pycnonotus
Species: P. cafer
Binomial name: Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766)
Other
Names: red-vented bulbul
Special feature: It is included in the list of the
world's 100 worst invasive alien species.
Saturday 8 February 2014
Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia) - Sikkim Bird
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 7, 2014
Pic: Swarup Rai
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Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia)
Venue: Mazhitar, Rangpo, East Sikkim
Date: January 31, 2014
Pic: Santosh Sharma
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Lonchura striata (White-rumped Munia)
Venue: Chisopani, Singtam,, East Sikkim
Date: September 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lonchura
Species: L. striata
Binomial name: Lonchura striata (Linnaeus,
1766)
Other Names: white-rumped munia, white-rumped manikin;
sometimes called striated finch.
Special feature: It is native to tropical continental
Asia and some adjacent islands, and has been naturalized in some parts of
Japan. Its domesticated hybrid descendant, the society finch or Bengalese
finch, is found worldwide as a pet and a biological model organism. (Source:
Wikipedia)
Friday 7 February 2014
Streptopelia chinensis (Spotted Dove) - Sikkim Bird
Streptopelia chinensis (Spotted Dove)
Venue: Chujachen, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: March 26, 2014 Pic: Sanjok Pradhan |
Streptopelia chinensis (Spotted Dove)
Venue: Chujachen, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 7, 2014
Pic: Swarup Rai |
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Columbiformes
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Spilopelia
Species: S. orientalis
Binomial
name: Spilopelia
chinensis (Scopoli, 1768)
Aethopyga siparaja (Crimson Sunbird) - Sikkim Bird
Aethopyga siparaja (Crimson Sunbird - Male)
Venue: Chujachen, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 6, 2014
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Aethopyga
Species: A. siparaja
Binomial name: Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles, 1822)
Other
Names: crimson sunbird
Special feature: The male Crimson Sunbird is known
for its attractive prominent crimson head, back, throat and upper breast.
However,
an adult male during the non-breeding period sheds most of his crimson feathers
on his head and breast, taking on an eclipse dress. When the next breeding
season comes, he will develop his colourful plumage once again. (besgroup.org/)
The
Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) was declared the National Bird of
Singapore on Oct. 31, 2015.
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