Note the small leaves in its beak. Picture taken in Bangalore.
Category Archives: Birds of Gurgaon
Sarus in Field
A pair of sarus cranes in the fields of Western Uttar Pradesh
Laughing Doves
A highly visible bird of the pigeon family is the Laughing Dove, also called the Little Brown Dove. A friendly and tame bird, it is a resident bird inhabiting scrub and dry farmland.
The bird builds a stick nest in trees and lays 2 white eggs.
The Laughing Dove is about 25 cms in length with wings , back and tail being reddish brown. The wings also have streaks of blue grey. The tail is long and the neck has black spots.
Sexes are similar and legs of both sexes are red in colour. Young Doves have reduced spotting on the necks.
Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class : Aves Order : Columbiformes Family : Columbidae Genus : Streptopelia Species : S. senegalensis Binomial name Streptopelia senegalensis
Red Vented Bulbul
The Red Vented Bulbul is a common bird that can be seen in the gardens of Delhi and Gurgaon. Small bird of about 20 cms, both the sexes are similar in appearance and have a sooty dark plummage . The head is darket in colour
Red Vented Bulbul
Pair of Bulbuls on the tree in Heritage City
with an almost black neck. A distinctive feature is the red distinctive vent and the tail ending in a white rump. Lives in Trees and bushes in pairs or small flocks, this is a lively bird.
Food : Lives on insects, fruits, kitchen food scraps, flower nectar
Sound : Noisy – screeches and whistles
Habitat : Forests, gardens and Human Habitats
Spread : Across India
Scientific Classification
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Aves
Order : Passeriformes
Family : Pycnonotidae
Genus : Pycnonotus
Species : P. cafer
