Brief description and images of the birds of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (Agricultural University Campus) , W.B. India

1. Avifaunal diversity of
Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya,
North Bengal, India
Published : 29.11.2020
Dr Tusar K. Ghosal
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture
Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari-736165,
West Bengal
E mail: drtkghosal@gmail.com
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2. Common residential birds
of U.B.K.V.

3. Acridotheres tristis
Common Myna / Indian Myna
ভাত শালিক
At Cooch Behar, most of the birds are terrestrial residential birds
whereas few are resident-migratory or local-migratory.
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4. Gracupica contra
Asian pied starling /Pied myna
গ া শালিখ
Their habitat is low land open areas with scattered
trees near water,
often near human habitation.
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5. Cuculus micropterus
Indian cuckoo
বউ কথা কও
Birds are the only feathered animal
creature present in our globe .
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6. Hierococcyx varius
Common Hawk Cuckoo
গ াখগ গিা , লিউ-কাাঁহা
UBKV’s natural beauty lies in its rich
flora, fauna and the
s tunning colonial
architecture. 04

7. Cinnyris asiaticus
Purple sunbird
দু গা টু লি
Among the warm-blooded animals ,birds can adapt with
diverse kind of habitat.
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8. Orthotomus sutorius
Common Tailor-bird
টুিটুলি
Birds have had significant role in the biotic community and a
great importance in the
ecological status of a region.
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9. Zosterops palpebrosus
Oriental White Eye
বাবুিাই
A total of approximately 226 species of avifauna (141
genera) are already recorded
from Cooch Behar district.
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10. Merops Orientalis
Green Bee-eater
সবুজ বাাঁশিালত Psilopogon duvaucelii
Blue-eared barbet
িীিকাি বসন্তগবৌলি
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11. Megalaima asiatica
Blue-throated Barbet
বড় বসন্ত গবৌলি
বাাংলাদেদে
প্রায় ৫৫০
প্রজাতির পাতি
দেিা যায়।
িার মদযে
প্রায় ৪০০
প্রজাতির পাতি
এদেদে
স্থায়ীভাদব
বসবাস কদর।
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12. Psittacula krameri
Rose-ringed Parakeet
সবুজ টিযা
In India it was known to have 1349 species till
2019, of which 78 are endemic .
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13. Gallus gallus
Chicken/ Red junglefowl
গ াি - ুি ী
Birds play vital roles in the ecosystems through their
actions as pollinators, seed dispersers, predators,
scavengers & as prey for other species.
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14. Anas platyrhynchos
Mallard Duck Goose (Female & male)
নীলমাথা হাাঁস
Resident waterbirds like Indian Spot-billed Duck,
Purple Swamphen, Grey Heron and Painted Stork are
a familiar sight.
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15. Aythya baeri
Baer's pochard
ভু লতহাাঁস
In winter water birds are joined by a host of species
that arrive from temperate regions, including other
ducks, geese, gulls,
t erns, and migrant shorebirds
like plovers,
stints and
sandpipers.
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16. Cygnus cygnus
Whooper swan
িাজহাাঁস
They are very noisy, the calls are strident, kloo-kloo-
kloo in groups of three or four mainly on ponds..
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17. Oriolus chinensis
Black-naped Oriole
কািাঘাড় গবগিবউ
Birds are excellent indicators of the state of our
natural world and are potent
cultural symbols of nature.
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18. Pycnonotus jocosus
Red-whiskered bulbul
লসিালহ বুিবুলি
Of the roughly 1,349 regularly
occurring species of birds in India,
280 are long-distance migrants,
116 are within- subcontinent
migrants and the remaining
species are resident
either sedentary or
showing l ocal
movements.
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19. Pycnonotus cafe
Red-vented bulbul
বুিবুলি
Birds have always been part
of Indian culture. Over 3,000 years
ago, the Yajurveda referred
to the parasitic habit of the
Asian Koel, the first such
mention in Indian
literature.
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20. Eudynamys scolopaceus
Asian Cuckoo
গকালকি
Asian Cuckoo is the State bird of
Jharkhand, India.
Cuckoos are very cleaver
and lazy. They do
not build their nest
but lays eggs
in sidethe nests
of Crows which
looks alike or same.
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21. Dicrurus macrocercus
Black Drongo
কাগিা লিগে
Of all the known bird species in our globe,
129 are extinct and approximately 9,787 species are
living.
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22. Centropus sinensis
Greater Coucal
কুগবা , কািকুযা
Indian Cuckoos (Kokil), Coucals are nicely sings and
move faster from one habitat to
another habitat.
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23. Dendrocitta vagabunda
Rufous Treepie
হাাঁলড় া া
Birds are a vital fauna of ecosystems and they
perform important tasks. Fruit-eating birds are critically
important in dispersing the
seeds of many plants,
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24. Upupa epops
Hoopoe
গ াহি ূড়া/হুগিা / হুদহুদ
Birds pollinate and disperse the seeds of many plants,
including many crops important to humans.
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25. Ceryle rudis
Pied King Fisher
িাকড়া াছিাো / লছটিং া াছিাো
The increasing popularity of birdwatching has driven
the growth of ecotourism,
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26. Halcyon smyrnensis
White-throated Kingfisher
ধিা িা াছিাো
White Throated Kingfisher is the State bird of West
Bengal , India
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27. Alcedo atthis
Common kingfisher
িালত াছিাো, গছাট াছিাো
Over 750 species have been identified in West
Bengal , including some extremely rare ones and
near-threatened
Species.
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28. Dinopium javanense
Common flameback
িালত কাঠগঠাকিা
It was estimated that total number
of bird population was about 200 to 400
billion (200,00 crores) whereas
human population was
only 5 billion.
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29. Streptopelia chinensis
Spotted dove
Dove (Spotted dove or Ground dove) found nearer to
locality and move nearby round the day and
roosting on shed of buildings and in the
branches of trees.
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30. Columba livia
Rock Oigion
কবুতি, িাযিা
Cultivated field is a common ground for some local birds
because they need grains.
Pigeon and Drongos are available in
the field where cultivated crops
are common.
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31. Corvus splendens
House Crow
িালতকাক
Scavenger birds like vultures, crows help
with the decomposition of organic material.
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32. Corvus macrorhynchos
Jungle Crow
দাাঁড় কাক
A good example is the Crows
who pick t he dirty
bio-garbage that
are fallen on the road, dust bins, drains or dirty
places as it find their feeds and also
clean our environment.
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33. Bubo coromandus
Dusky eagle-owl
হুগতা ি্াাঁ া
Tyto alba
Barn Owl
িক্ষ্মীগিাঁ া
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34. Athene brama
Spotted Owlet
খুাঁড়ুগি গিাঁ া বা গকাটগি গিাঁ া
Unfortunately, human population
was increasing and bird population is
definitely decreasing.
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35. Turdoides striata
Jungle babbler
Jungle babblers are common and
are found in a group which
collects insects from the
environment.
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36. Passer domesticus
House sparrow
ড়ই
House Sparrow is the State bird of Bihar, India
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37. Passer motanus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
গ গছা ড়ই
Sparrows has decreased in the cities, but is
roughly stable overall in India
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38. Anthus rufulus
Paddyfield pipit / Oriental pipit
Maatth-Chordai
Passerine birds like pipit, blue magpie robin, tailor bird
are commonly found
in the locality from
dawn to dusk. 38

39. Copsychus saularis
Oriental magpie-robin
দোদয়ল
National bird of Bangladesh
দোদয়ল বাাংলাদেদের জািীয় পাতি
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40. Amaurornis phoenicurus
White-breasted waterhen
ডাহুক
There are more than 290 species of birds
had been recorded from Buxa Tiger
Reserve (BTR)..
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41. Ardeola grayii
Indian Pond Heron
কালিবক, গকাাঁ বক, ধািিালখ
The Indian pond heron or paddy bird is
a small heron very common near water
and mud field.
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42. Egretta garzetta
Eagret
গছাট ব া
Dr Salim Ali , one of India’s foremost
ornithologists has recorded 527
species
of
resident birds.
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43. Bubulcus ibis
Cattle egret
গ া-বক
Cultivated field is a c ommon ground
for some local birds because they
need grains.
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44. Local-migratory birds
at U.B.K.V.

45. Acridotheres Fuscus
Jungle Myna
ঝুাঁ টি শালিক, জংলি যিা
This region is home to a high diversity of
endemic species. In India, over 200 species are
considered endemic .
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46. Acridotheres ginginianus
Bank myna
When supply of feed from natural reservoir is not
plenty then they search their
ready made or new habitat
to collect their
needful entities.
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47. Motacilla alba
White wagtail
সাদা খঞ্জি
They come out during dawn and come back in dusk.
Round the day they move here and there and collect
their daily feed . It was called as State Bird of
Koch dynastry.
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48. Vanellus indicus
Red wattled Lapwing
হলিটি / হটটিটি
The birds play a crucial role to conserve biodiversity of
an area. They indicate the ecosystem health as it
dignifies in terms of most important Ecological
indicators .
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49. Cypsiurus balasiensis
Asian Palm Swift
তাি ড়াই /িাককাটি,
Big trees, shrubs, jungle, gardens, river bank, stone
caves, rock caves, monuments, barrage, rail station
premises old hoiuses, forests, margin of lakes,
temples, mosques, church, old palaces
are the habitat for bird nesting and
roosting.
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50. Treron apicauda
Pin-tailed green Pigion
হলিযাি
The IUCN Red List 2019 classifies 101 Indian species
as globally threatened (i.e. in the categories ‘Critically
Endangered’, ‘Endangered’ or ‘Vulnerable’).
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51. Aegithina tiphia
Common iora
িটিকজি
Some birds are so common that they harbour in
buildings and in cottage of peoples and collect
food grains
from
villagers’
premises.
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52. Centropus bengalensis
Lesser Coucal
বাংিা কুগবা , িাহালড় কািকুযা
Birds are ready visitors which visit one place to another
even from continent to continent.
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53. Milvus migrans
Black Kite
ল ি
Environmental toxins (like the v eterinary drug
diclofenac) are t he cause of the most precipitous
decline of any group of
birds likely
Gyps vultures.
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54. Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
Indian Cormorant
গদলশ িািগকৌলড়
A good number of birds visit different places due to
change of environment particularly for
their feed and reproduction.
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55. Microcarbo niger
Little Cormorant
গছাট িািগকৌলড়, জি কাক
Herbs, shrubs and trees are mportant for
birds which have common
impact for their interactions
as they help during nesting and roosting..
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56. Metopidius indicus
Bronze Winged Jacana
জিলিলি
Hunting, trapping and environmental toxins
may have the main cause of the most
precipitous decline
of birds. 55

57. Ploceus philippinus
Baya weaver
বাবুই
Birds are also intelligent. A good example is the weaver
bird, which once built its nest then they
keep fire flies inside the nest, which
lighted the nest.
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58. Clamator merulinus
Plaintive cuckoo
াতক
Globally, birds continue to decline. This assessment
is supported by evaluations of extinction risk
through
the I UCN Red List data book.. 57

59. Rhipidura albicollis
White Throated Fantail
াক গদাগযি / সাদা িা গিজিা ালি,
birds can have an important role in controlling
other organisms and their decline may even
encourage the spread of disease.
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60. Anastomus oscitans
Asian Openbill
শা ুকগখাি
It is a good example of Bird as
migratory kind. In Bengal, Storks and
Siberian Cranes are common
migratory bird.s
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61. Dedicated to
my wife Srabani who likes to search and
identifying birds in the nature.