Tuesday, 27 January 2015

  1. Egret
  2. An egret is a bird that is any of several herons, most of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.

Spot-billed Duck
  1. Scientific name: Anas poecilorhyncha
  2. Rank: Species
  3. Higher classification: Dabbling duck
  4. The spot-billed duck sometimes referred to as the spotbill, is a dabbling duck which breeds in tropical and eastern Asia. . It has three populations, treated here as subspecies, the Indian spot-billed duck (A. poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha), Eastern spot-billed duck (A. poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha), and Burmese spot-billed duck (A. poecilorhyncha haringtoni). Some authors elevate the eastern population as a species, Anas zonorhyncha. The name is derived from the yellow and red spot on the bill.

Ruddy Shelduck
  1. Scientific name: Tadorna ferruginea
  2. Higher classification: Shelduck
The ruddy shelduck is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae.

Tuesday, 6 January 2015

Glossy Ibis
  1. Scientific name: Plegadis falcinellus
  2. The glossy ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.