Common Birds our friends at home

Monday, February 4, 2013

Spotted Dove


White breasted kingfisher(Halcyon smrnensisy)



This is a large kingfisher, in Gujarati locally known as "કલકલયો",  28 cm in length. The adult has a bright blue back, wings and tail. Its head, shoulders, flanks and lower belly are chestnut, and the throat and breast are white. The large bill and legs are bright red. The flight of the White-throated Kingfisher is rapid and direct, the short rounded wings whirring. In flight, large white patches are visible on the blue and black wings. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are a duller version of the adult.



Bank Myna or Common Myna


Rufous Treepie(Dendrocitta vagabunda)(Kher khato)


The Rufous Treepie is an Asian treepie. In Gujarati It is called   "ખેરખટો". It is slightly smaller than the European Magpie and has somewhat shorter, more rounded wings and a proportionately longer tail. The bill is shorter and thicker too, and slightly downcurved, and the legs are shorter.
The head, neck and breast are a deep slate-grey colour, sometimes slightly brownish. The underparts and lower back are a warm tawny-brown to orange-brown in colour with white wing coverts and black primaries. The tail is a light bluish-grey with a thick black band on the tip. The bill, legs and feet are black

Black Drongo (Kaliyo Koshi) Dicrurus macrocercus



The Black Drongo is a small Asian passerine bird of the drongo family Dicruridae. It is a common resident breeder in much of tropical southern Asia from southwest Iran through India and Sri Lanka east to southern China and Indonesia.