India GOBirds of Kolkata
Lesser whistling duck
Santragachi Jheel is a small urban lake beside a railway yard that becomes one of eastern India's densest wintering duck sites. A published census recorded 27 waterbird species there, with the lesser whistling duck making up the great majority.
Dendrocygna javanica
Red-crested pochard
One of the ducks that make a single stretch of open water worth a winter morning; flocks build from November and disperse by March.
Netta rufina
White-throated kingfisher
The state bird of West Bengal, and one that does not need water: it hunts lizards and insects on lawns and roadside verges across the city.
Halcyon smyrnensis
Asian openbill
Openbill colonies settle inside villages, in mango and tamarind trees over houses, and are generally left alone by the households below.
Anastomus oscitans
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