Category Archives: Sightings

Black Baza – Photograph by Partha Sen “The Black Baza was observed being harassed by Large-billed Crows. It had injury in one of its eyes.” Observers: Sandip Das, Sujan Chatterjee, Partha Sen, Suman Paul, Sudipto Roy, Malay Mandal, Sanchita Dey, Bhaskarjyoti Banerjee & Tapasi Mukherjee Species: Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes) Date & Time: 29th Nov […]

Northern Pintail – Photograph by Sohini Ghosh In 2017 from January to March the following birds were observed in Saheb Bandh, Purulia:- [Observation dates were 12/01/2017, 23/01/2017, 10/02/2017, 11/02/2017 and 19/03/2017] Northern Pintail: 30 (+/- 5) Red-Crested Pochard: 15 (+5) Northern Shoveler: 6 (+3) Gadwall: 30 (+/- 5) Lesser Whistling Duck: 500 (+/- 100) Cotton […]

“Grey-sided Bush Warbler” Observer: Sanchita Dey Species: Grey-sided Bush Warbler (Cettia brunnifrons) Date & Time: April 27, 2015 Location: Gairibas, on Sandakphu trek route, WB, India

“Amazing courtship display of two coppersmith barbets..jumping from one tree to another and cooing each other with flapping of wings.The pair was perching on twigs as their love affair continued. The male then started fluttering its wings and spread the tail feathers as a fan. While fluttering it constantly moved its body and head just […]

“This is a video from our Baruipur birding trip. It was fun to watch these two jovial kids of Baya Weaver. They were constantly flying, jumping, calling. Suddenly, one of the kids pushed the other one down from the branch they were playing on, and moments after the push, I saw the mom fly in […]

  “Chestnut-tailed Minla” Observer: Sanchita Dey Species: Chestnut-tailed Minla (Actinodura strigula) Date & Time: April 27, 2015 Location: Gairibas, on Sandakphu trek route, WB, India

“A massive kingfisher with a large scarlet bill. Its regular contact call is a loud laughing “ka- ka-ka” repeated 6-10 times. Generally found in lowland waterside habitats. Can be seen in primary rainforest, bamboo-forest and mangroves, but also in more open areas such as coconut plantations and paddy fields. Often seen perched on mangrove roots […]

“This video is of a Black Kite feeding while flying.” Observer: Pampa Mistri Species: Black Kite (Milvus migrans) Date & Time: May 24, 2020 Location: Kolkata, WB, India

“A resident, Least-concern species(LC). Unlike other prinias, this species is a brightly coloured, distinctive prinia of 12-14 cm, with a long graduated tail. Sexes are similar. This habitat of this species is tall grasses and reed-beds, lowland fields, wetlands by paddy fields, tamarisk thickets, grassy side of mangroves towards the land. They are typically found […]

“Foraging behaviour of Sanderling. In the estuary, Sanderlings forage in muddy-sand areas during low tide which helps in achieving higher intake rates than in sandy areas.” Observer: Sumanta Pramanick Species: Sanderling (Calidris alba) Date & Time: Sept 18, 2019 Location: Fraserganj estuary, South 24 Parganas, WB, India