Birds
INDO-MALAYAN Mangrove
Family Recurvirostridae: Stilts & Avocets
(Bundala, Sri Lanka)Himantopus himantopus, 'Black-winged Stilts'.
Family Scolopacidae: Sandpipers, Snipes
(Bundala, Sri Lanka)Limosa sp., 'Godwit Sandpiper'.
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Tringa totanus, 'Redshank'.
Family Ciconiidae: Storks
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Leptoptilos javanicus, 'Lesser Ajutant Stork'.
Family Ardeidae: Herons
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Ardea alba, 'Great Egret'.
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Egretta garzetta, 'Little Egret'.
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Ardeola grayii, 'Indian Pond Heron'.
Family Accipitridae: Hawks, Kites, Eagles
(Rinca, Indonesia)Haliaeetus leucogaster, 'White-bellied Sea-eagle' juvenile.
(Rinca, Indonesia)Haliastur indus, 'Brahminy Kite'.
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Accipiter badius, 'Shikra'.
Family Alcedinidae: Kingfishers
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Alcedo atthis, 'Common/Eurasian Kingfisher'.
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Halcyon pileata, 'Black-capped Kingfisher'.
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Pelargopsis amauroptera, 'Brown-winged Kingfisher'. Large and strikingly coloured kingfisher. Restricted to mangroves along coast of North-east India and down to southern peninsular Malaysia.
(Bali Barat, Indonesia)Todiramphus chloris palmeri, 'Collared Kingfisher'.
Sundarbans, BangladeshTodiramphus chloris humii, 'Collared Kingfisher'
Family Dicruridae: 'Drongos'
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Dicrurus aeneus, 'Bronze Drongo'.
(Sundarbans, Bangladesh)Dicrurus paradiseus, 'Greater racket-tailed Drongo'.
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