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The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. There is one species which occurs in India.
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
This was, however, identified by Edward Blyth as an incorrect interpretation and that it was a Latinization of a Hindi word saulary [which could mean a "hundred songs" (सौ+लोरी [citation needed])]. A male bird was sent with this Hindi name from Madras by surgeon Edward Bulkley to James Petiver, who first described the species (Ray ...
List of Indian state birds State Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image IUCN category [5] Andhra Pradesh: Rose-ringed parakeet: Psittacula krameri: Least Concern: Arunachal Pradesh: Great hornbill: Buceros bicornis: Vulnerable: Assam: White-winged wood duck: Asarcornis scutulata: Endangered: Bihar: House Sparrow: Passer domesticus: Least ...
This is a group of passerine birds which are native to Iran and Southern Asia, especially Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Several species have been introduced to areas like North America , Australia , South Africa , Fiji and New Zealand , especially the common myna , which is often regarded as an invasive species .
Hamsa is thought to refer to the bar-headed goose found in India (left) or a species of swan. [1]The haṃsa (Sanskrit: हंस haṃsa or hansa) is an aquatic migratory bird, referred to in ancient Sanskrit texts which various scholars have interpreted as being based on the goose, the swan, [2] or even the flamingo.
The grey francolin (Ortygornis pondicerianus) is a species of francolin found in the plains and drier parts of the Indian subcontinent and Iran.This species was formerly also called the grey partridge, not to be confused with the European grey partridge.
Indian roller Indian roller, Gujarat Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: Coraciidae Genus: Coracias Species: C. benghalensis Binomial name Coracias benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) breeding range non-breeding range Synonyms Corvus benghalensis Linnaeus, 1758 The Indian ...