Drongo

Genus Dicrurus

• Bronzed Drongo, Dicrurus aeneus
• Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus remifer
• Square-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus ludwigii
• Shining Drongo, Dicrurus atripennis
• Fork-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus adsimilis
• Velvet-mantled Drongo, Dicrurus modestus
• Aldabra Drongo, Dicrurus aldabranus
• Grand Comoro Drongo, Dicrurus fuscipennis
• Crested Drongo, Dicrurus forficatus
• Mayotte Drongo, Dicrurus waldenii
• Black Drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus
• Ashy Drongo, Dicrurus leucophaeus
• White-bellied Drongo, Dicrurus caerulescens
• Crow-billed Drongo, Dicrurus annectans
• Hair-crested Drongo, Dicrurus hottentottus
• Tablas Drongo, Dicrurus menagei
• Balicassiao, Dicrurus balicassius
• Sulawesi Drongo, Dicrurus montanus
• Sumatran Drongo, Dicrurus sumatranus
• Wallacean Drongo, Dicrurus densus
• Paradise Drongo, Dicrurus megarhynchus
• Spangled Drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus
• Andaman Drongo, Dicrurus andamanensis
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, Dicrurus paradiseus
• Sri Lanka Drongo, Dicrurus lophorinus

Genus Chaetorhynchus (Now placed with Rhipiduridae):
Pygmy Drongo, Chaetorhynchus papuensi

Indian Peacock....

Indian Pond Heron - photo © Rajiv Lather

Bengal Tiger (Manas,Assam)

 

Common Tailorbird

The Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is a songbird found across tropical Asia. Popular for its nest made of leaves "sewn" together and immortalized by Rudyard Kipling in his Jungle Book, it is a common resident in urban gardens. Although shy birds that are usually hidden within vegetation, their loud calls are familiar and give away their presence. They are distinctive in having a long upright tail, greenish upper body plumage and rust coloured forehead and crown. This passerine bird is typically found in open farmland, scrub, forest edges and gardens. Tailorbirds get their name from the way their nest is constructed. The edges of a large leaf are pierced and sewn together with plant fibre or spider silk to make a cradle in which the actual nest is built.
Like most warblers, the Common Tailorbird is insectivorous. The song is a loud cheeup-cheeup-cheeup with variations across the populations...

মোৰ দৰে মানুহবোৰ অকাৰনতে জীয়াই আছো৷ জীয়াই থাকিলে হালৰ হলেও ফালৰ হলেওঁ হোৱা উচিত৷ জীৱনে একো নিদিলে! দিছে দুখ সূখ মৰম চেনেহ সকলো অভিজ্ঞতা, সূখ অস্থায়ি দূখ স্থায়ি৷ মই দূখ বোৰকে বুকুত বান্ধি জীয়াই থাকিব শিকিছো… ৰাতি নিজান হ’লে দুখবোৰ বুকুৰে উজাই আহে, চিলনি সাতোৰে আৰু উজাই ভতিয়াই উদবাউল হয়___ দুচকুৰে ভেটা ভাঙি সৃস্টি কৰে দুকোল কটা বান ৷ জীৱনৰ সজ্ঞা এয়েই৷ ইমান অভিজ্ঞতা দিয়াৰ পিছতো জীৱন কি মই বুজি নুঠু___ ভাবিয়েই নাপাওঁ…… আৰু আপুনি??