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Blood Pheasant
Eggs are pinkish or yellowish-white colored with brownish spots. This species is found in forests ranging in Nepal, Sikkim, Tibet, China, Myanmar. This species is known to be monogamous, unlike the common pheasant. A female is known to choose her mate based on factors like length of ear tufts, tail, and the black spots or…
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Great Frigatebird
Very strong & fast. Flying fish are the most common in its diet. Prey is snatched while in flight. They have a patch of skin at the throat that is the gular sac, in males this skin is red & can be inflated to a balloon of startling size.
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Trogon
It is a songbird that shows a wonderful variety of bright colors. These trogons are suspected to be locally extinct in a few areas. The Malabar trogon species is distributed throughout humid tropical forests. It is seen in the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.
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Black-capped Kingfisher
Found only in Asia. They are very territorial & chase away other kingfishers & birds from its feeding ground. Both parents feed & take care of the chicks.
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Green Magpie
It is found in any type of evergreen forest.In rare cases, they can live up to 20 years of age.They have also been known to eat carrion crows, picking off carcasses of dead animals from the forest floor.Being highly carnivorous, this magpie will often kill and eat birds smaller than itself, as well as their…
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Grey Heron
Found in Asia, Africa and Europe. Impales prey using it’s sharp long bill.
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Indian Roller
State bird of Odisha & Karnataka. Local name is नीळकंठ. Named for it’s acrobatic displays with rolls and twists.
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Rook
Primarily found in Europe & Asia. Their eggs are Bluish green. Baby rooks are called branchers. They are clever, being able to solve complex puzzles using objects & teamwork.
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Flamingo
It can sleep standing on one leg.It lives in a herd consisting of several hundreds of other flamingos.In the wild, the life span of the greater flamingos ranges from 30 – 40 years. A chick is able to identify its parent’s call from one hundred meters away.It makes body movements like head flagging, wing salutes,…