List of birds of Bangladesh

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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Bangladesh. The avifauna of Bangladesh include a total of 827 species, of which two have been introduced by humans. Fifty-one species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Bangladesh.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Bangladesh
  • (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Bangladesh as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  • (Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Bangladesh although populations exist elsewhere


Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

Northern pintail, Anas acuta

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.

Pheasants, grouse, and allies

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

Mountain bamboo partridge, Bambusicola fytchii

The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings.

Flamingos

Order:

Phoenicopteridae

Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus

Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. Flamingos filter-feed on shellfish and algae. Their oddly shaped beaks are specially adapted to separate mud and silt from the food they consume and, uniquely, are used upside-down.

Grebes

Order:

Podicipedidae

Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus (Bangla: chokha)

Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land.

Pigeons and doves

Order:

Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Yellow-footed green pigeon, Treron phoenicoptera

cere
.

  • Rock pigeon
    , Columba livia
  • Pale-capped pigeon, Columba punicea
  • Oriental turtle-dove
    , Streptopelia orientalis
  • Eurasian collared-dove
    , Streptopelia decaocto
  • Red collared-dove
    , Streptopelia tranquebarica
  • Spotted dove, Streptopelia chinensis
  • Laughing dove, Streptopelia senegalensis
  • Barred cuckoo-dove, Macropygia unchall (A)
  • Asian emerald dove
    , Chalcophaps indica
  • Orange-breasted green-pigeon
    , Treron bicincta
  • Ashy-headed green-pigeon
    , Treron phayerei
  • Thick-billed green-pigeon
    , Treron curvirostra
  • Yellow-footed green-pigeon
    , Treron phoenicoptera
  • Pin-tailed green-pigeon
    , Treron apicauda
  • Wedge-tailed green-pigeon
    , Treron sphenura
  • Green imperial-pigeon
    , Ducula aenea
  • Mountain imperial-pigeon
    , Ducula badia

Sandgrouse

Order:

Pteroclidae

Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. They have long pointed wings and sometimes tails and a fast direct flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn and dusk. Their legs are feathered down to the toes.

Bustards

Order:

Otididae

Bengal florican, Houbaropsis bengalensis

Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with "fingered" wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays.

Cuckoos

Order:

Cuculidae

Asian emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx maculatus

The family Cuculidae includes

roadrunners and anis
. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs.

Frogmouths

Order:

Podargidae

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars. They are named for their large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects.

Nightjars and allies

Order:

Caprimulgidae

Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal birds that usually nest on the ground. They have long wings, short legs and very short bills. Most have small feet, of little use for walking, and long pointed wings. Their soft plumage is camouflaged to resemble bark or leaves.

Swifts

Order:

Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

Treeswifts

Order:

Hemiprocnidae

The treeswifts, also called crested swifts, are closely related to the true swifts. They differ from the other swifts in that they have crests, long forked tails and softer plumage.

Rails, gallinules, and coots

Order:

Rallidae

Grey-headed swamphen, Porphyrio poliocephalus
Masked finfoot, Heliopais personata

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the

gallinules
. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.

Finfoots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Heliornithidae

Heliornithidae is a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet similar to those of grebes and coots.

Cranes

Brown-cheeked rail, Rallus indicus, in Chittagong

Order:

Gruidae

Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back. Most have elaborate and noisy courting displays or "dances".

Thick-knees

Order:

Burhinidae

The stone-curlews are a group of largely tropical waders in the family Burhinidae. They are found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia. They are medium to large waders with strong black or yellow-black bills, large yellow eyes and cryptic plumage. Despite being classed as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats.

  • Indian thick-knee
    , Burhinus indicus
  • Great thick-knee
    , Esacus recurvirostris

Stilts and avocets

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. .

Oystercatchers

Order:

Haematopodidae

The

molluscs
.

Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

Red-wattled lapwing, Vanellus indicus

The family Charadriidae includes the

dotterels and lapwings
. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.

Painted-snipes

Order:

Rostratulidae

Greater painted-snipe, Rostratula benghalensis

Painted-snipe are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured.

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Jacanidae

Bronze-winged jacana, Metopidius indicus

The jacanas are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. They are found throughout the tropics. They are identifiable by their huge feet and claws which enable them to walk on floating vegetation in the shallow lakes that are their preferred habitat.

Sandpipers and allies

Order:

Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

Spoon-billed sandpiper, Calidris pygmaea

Buttonquails

Order:

Turnicidae

Barred buttonquail, Turnix suscitator taigoor

The buttonquails are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails. The female is the brighter of the sexes and initiates courtship. The male incubates the eggs and tends the young.

Crab-plover

Order:

Dromadidae

The crab-plover is related to the waders, but is the only member of its family. It resembles a plover but has very long grey legs and a strong black bill similar to that of a tern. It has black-and-white plumage, a long neck, partially webbed feet, and a bill designed for eating crabs.

Pratincoles and coursers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Glareolidae

Glareolidae is a family of wading birds comprising the pratincoles, which have short legs, long pointed wings and long forked tails, and the coursers, which have long legs, short wings and long, pointed bills which curve downwards.

Skuas and jaegers

Order:

Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the

skimmers
. They are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years. Skimmers are a small family of tropical tern-like birds. They have an elongated lower mandible which they use to feed by flying low over the water surface and skimming the water for small fish.

Tropicbirds

Order:

Phaethontidae

Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings.

Southern storm-petrels

Black-bellied storm petrel, Fregetta tropica

Order:

Oceanitidae

The southern storm-petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.

  • Wilson's storm-petrel
    , Oceanites oceanicus (A)
  • Black-bellied storm-petrel
    , Fregetta tropica (A)

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.

Storks

Order:

Ciconiidae

White stork, Ciconia ciconia (Bangla: sarosh, which is generic for all herons and storks)

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked, wading birds with long, stout bills. Storks are mute, but bill-clattering is an important mode of communication at the nest. Their nests can be large and may be reused for many years. Many species are migratory.

Frigatebirds

Order:

Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white, or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have coloured inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

Boobies and gannets

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

Red-footed booby, Sula sula

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

Anhingas

Order:

Anhingidae

Oriental darter, Anhinga melanogaster

Anhingas are often called "snake-birds" because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged. The males have black and dark-brown plumage, an erectile crest on the nape and a larger bill than the female. The females have much paler plumage especially on the neck and underparts. The darters have completely webbed feet and their legs are short and set far back on the body. Their plumage is somewhat permeable, like that of cormorants, and they spread their wings to dry after diving.

Cormorants and shags

Order:

Phalacrocoracidae

Indian cormorant, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis (Bangla: pankure)

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of medium to large coastal, fish-eating seabirds that includes cormorants and shags. Plumage colouration varies, with the majority having mainly dark plumage, some species being black-and-white and a few being colourful.

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Spot-billed pelican, Pelecanus philippensis (Bangla: sarosh)

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.

Herons, egrets, and bitterns

Order:

Ardeidae

Great egret, Ardea alba (Bangla: sarosh)

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills. (Note: in Bangla short-legged, short beaked herons and egrets are called bok, all other herons egrets and storks are generically called sarosh)

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

Black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.

Osprey

Order:

Pandionidae

Osprey, Pandion haliaetus

The family Pandionidae contains only one species, the osprey. The osprey is a medium-large raptor which is a specialist fish-eater with a worldwide distribution.

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

Pallas's fish eagle, Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Bangla: chil)

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.

Barn owls

Order:

Tytonidae

Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons.

  • Australasian grass-owl
    , Tyto longimembris
  • Barn owl, Tyto alba

Owls

Order:

Strigidae

Buffy fish owl, Ketupa ketupu (Bangla: pecha)

The

typical owls
are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk.

Trogons

Order:

Trogonidae

The family Trogonidae includes trogons and quetzals. Found in tropical woodlands worldwide, they feed on insects and fruit, and their broad bills and weak legs reflect their diet and arboreal habits. Although their flight is fast, they are reluctant to fly any distance. Trogons have soft, often colourful, feathers with distinctive male and female plumage.

Hoopoes

Order:

Upupidae

Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops

Hoopoes have black, white and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head.

Hornbills

Order:

Bucerotidae

Oriental pied-hornbill
, Anthracoceros albirostris

Hornbills are a group of birds whose bill is shaped like a cow's horn, but without a twist, sometimes with a casque on the upper mandible. Frequently, the bill is brightly coloured.

Kingfishers

Order:

Alcedinidae

Black-backed dwarf-kingfisher
, Ceyx erithacus

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.

Bee-eaters

Order:

Meropidae

The bee-eaters are a group of near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa but others occur in southern Europe, Madagascar, Australia and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies and usually elongated central tail feathers. All are colourful and have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar.

Rollers

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Coraciidae

Dollarbird
, Eurystomus orientalis

Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters. They share the colourful appearance of those groups with blues and browns predominating. The two inner front toes are connected, but the outer toe is not.

Asian barbets

Order: Piciformes   Family: Megalaimidae

Coppersmith barbet, Psilopogon haemacephalus

The Asian barbets are plump birds, with short necks and large heads. They get their name from the bristles which fringe their heavy bills. Most species are brightly coloured.

Woodpeckers

Order:

Picidae

Heart-spotted woodpecker, Hemicircus canente

Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.

Falcons and caracaras

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Laggar falcon, Falco jugger

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.

Old World parrots

Order:

Psittaciformes   Family: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed

zygodactyl
feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.

Asian and Grauer's broadbills

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Eurylaimidae

The broadbills are small, brightly coloured birds, which feed on fruit and also take insects in flycatcher fashion, snapping their broad bills. Their habitat is canopies of wet forests.

Pittas

Order:

Pittidae

Hooded pitta
, Pitta sordida

Pittas are medium-sized by passerine standards and are stocky, with fairly long, strong legs, short tails and stout bills. Many are brightly coloured. They spend the majority of their time on wet forest floors, eating snails, insects and similar invertebrates.

Cuckooshrikes

Order:

Campephagidae

The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured.

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis

Order:

Vireonidae

Most of the members of this family are found in the New World. However, the shrike-babblers and erpornis, which only slightly resemble the "true" vireos and greenlets, are found in South East Asia.

Whistlers and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Pachycephalidae

The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrikethrushes, and some of the pitohuis.

Old World orioles

Order:

Oriolidae

The Old World orioles are colourful passerine birds. They are not related to the New World orioles.

Woodswallows, bellmagpies, and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Artamidae

The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings.

Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies

Order:

Vangidae

The family Vangidae is highly variable, though most members of it resemble true shrikes to some degree.

Ioras

Order:

Aegithinidae

The ioras are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub, but whereas that group tends to be drab in colouration, ioras are sexually dimorphic, with the males being brightly plumaged in yellows and greens.

  • Common iora, Aegithina tiphia
  • White-tailed iora
    , Aegithina nigrolutea

Fantails

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Rhipiduridae

White-throated fantail, Rhipidura albicollis

The fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders.

Drongos

Order:

Dicruridae

The drongos are mostly black or dark grey in colour, sometimes with metallic tints. They have long forked tails, and some Asian species have elaborate tail decorations. They have short legs and sit very upright when perched, like a shrike. They flycatch or take prey from the ground.

Monarch flycatchers

Order:

Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching.

  • Black-naped monarch, Hypothymis azurea
  • Amur paradise-flycatcher
    , Terpsiphone incei (A)
  • Blyth's paradise-flycatcher
    , Terpsiphone affinis
  • Indian paradise-flycatcher
    , Terpsiphone paradisi

Shrikes

Order:

Laniidae

Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A typical shrike's beak is hooked, like a bird of prey.

Crows, jays, and magpies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae

The family Corvidae includes crows, ravens, jays, choughs, magpies, treepies, nutcrackers and ground jays. Corvids are above average in size among the Passeriformes, and some of the larger species show high levels of intelligence.

Fairy flycatchers

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Stenostiridae

Most of the species of this small family are found in Africa, though a few inhabit tropical Asia. They are not closely related to other birds called "flycatchers".

  • Yellow-bellied fairy-fantail
    , Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
  • Gray-headed canary-flycatcher
    , Culicicapa ceylonensis

Tits, chickadees, and titmice

Order:

Paridae

The Paridae are mainly small stocky woodland species with short stout bills. Some have crests. They are adaptable birds, with a mixed diet including seeds and insects.

Larks

Order:

Alaudidae

Oriental skylark, Alauda gulgula

Larks are small terrestrial birds with often extravagant songs and display flights. Most larks are fairly dull in appearance. Their food is insects and seeds.

Cisticolas and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Cisticolidae

The Cisticolidae are warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. They are generally very small birds of drab brown or grey appearance found in open country such as grassland or scrub.

Reed warblers and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Acrocephalidae

The members of this family are usually rather large for "warblers". Most are rather plain olivaceous brown above with much yellow to beige below. They are usually found in open woodland, reedbeds, or tall grass. The family occurs mostly in southern to western Eurasia and surroundings, but it also ranges far into the Pacific, with some species in Africa.

Grassbirds and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Locustellidae

Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.

Cupwings

Order:

Pnoepygidae

The members of this small family are found in mountainous parts of South and South East Asia.

Swallows

Order:

Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.

  • Gray-throated martin
    , Riparia chinensis
  • Bank swallow
    , Riparia riparia
  • Pale sand martin
    , Riparia diluta (A)
  • Dusky crag-martin
    , Ptyonoprogne concolor
  • Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
  • Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii
  • Red-rumped swallow, Cecropis daurica
  • Striated swallow, Cecropis striolata
  • Streak-throated swallow, Petrochelidon fluvicola (A)
  • Common house-martin
    , Delichon urbicum
  • Asian house-martin
    , Delichon dasypus (A)
  • Nepal house-martin
    , Delichon nipalense

Bulbuls

Order:

Pycnonotidae

Red-whiskered bulbul, Pycnonotus jocosus

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throats or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.

Leaf warblers

Order:

Phylloscopidae

Leaf warblers are a family of small insectivorous birds found mostly in Eurasia and ranging into Wallacea and Africa. The species are of various sizes, often green-plumaged above and yellow below, or more subdued with greyish-green to greyish-brown colours.

Bush warblers and allies

Order:

Scotocercidae

The members of this family are found throughout Africa, Asia, and Polynesia. Their taxonomy is in flux, and some authorities place some genera in other families.[8]

Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Sylviidae

The family Sylviidae is a group of small insectivorous passerine birds. They mainly occur as breeding species, as the common name implies, in Europe, Asia and, to a lesser extent, Africa. Most are of generally undistinguished appearance, but many have distinctive songs.

White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies

Order:

Zosteropidae

The white-eyes are small birds of rather drab appearance, the plumage above being typically greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast, or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As the name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eye.

Tree-babblers, scimitar-babblers, and allies

Order:

Timaliidae

The babblers, or timaliids, are somewhat diverse in size and colouration, but are characterised by soft fluffy plumage.

  • Chestnut-capped babbler, Timalia pileata
  • Pin-striped tit-babbler, Mixornis gularis
  • Tawny-bellied babbler, Dumetia hyperythra
  • Golden babbler, Cyanoderma chrysaeum (Bangla: dhupe)
  • Buff-chested babbler, Cyanoderma ambiguum
  • Red-billed scimitar-babbler
    , Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
  • Slender-billed scimitar-babbler
    , Pomatorhinus superciliaris
  • Streak-breasted scimitar-babbler
    , Pomatorhinus ruficollis
  • White-browed scimitar-babbler
    , Pomatorhinus schisticeps
  • Large scimitar-babbler
    , Erythrogenys hypoleucos
  • Rusty-cheeked scimitar-babbler
    , Erythrogenys erythrogenys
  • Gray-throated babbler
    , Stachyris nigriceps

Ground babblers and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Pellorneidae

These small to medium-sized songbirds have soft fluffy plumage but are otherwise rather diverse. Members of the genus Illadopsis are found in forests, but some other genera are birds of scrublands.

Laughingthrushes and allies

Order:

Leiothrichidae

The members of this family are diverse in size and colouration, though those of genus Turdoides tend to be brown or greyish. The family is found in Africa, India, and southeast Asia.

Nuthatches

Order:

Sittidae

Nuthatches are small woodland birds. They have the unusual ability to climb down trees head first, unlike other birds which can only go upwards. Nuthatches have big heads, short tails and powerful bills and feet.

Treecreepers

Order:

Certhiidae

Treecreepers are small woodland birds, brown above and white below. They have thin pointed down-curved bills, which they use to extricate insects from bark. They have stiff tail feathers, like woodpeckers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.

Wrens

Order:

Troglodytidae

The wrens are mainly small and inconspicuous except for their loud songs. These birds have short wings and thin down-turned bills. Several species often hold their tails upright. All are insectivorous.

Spotted elachura

Order:

Elachuridae

This species, the only one in its family, inhabits forest undergrowth throughout South East Asia.

Dippers

Order:

Cinclidae

Dippers are a group of perching birds whose habitat includes aquatic environments in the Americas, Europe and Asia. They are named for their bobbing or dipping movements.

Starlings

Order:

Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.

Thrushes and allies

Order:

Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

Old World flycatchers

Order:

Muscicapidae

Oriental magpie-robin, Copsychus saularis (Bangla: doel), the national bird of Bangladesh

Old World flycatchers are a large group of small passerine birds native to the Old World. They are mainly small arboreal insectivores. The appearance of these birds is highly varied, but they mostly have weak songs and harsh calls.

Flowerpeckers

Order:

Dicaeidae

The flowerpeckers are very small, stout, often brightly coloured birds, with short tails, short thick curved bills and tubular tongues.

Sunbirds and spiderhunters

Little spiderhunter, Arachnothera longirostra
Streaked spiderhunter, Arachnothera magna

Order:

Nectariniidae

Van Hasselt's sunbird, Leptocoma brasiliana

The sunbirds and spiderhunters are very small passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young. Flight is fast and direct on their short wings. Most species can take nectar by hovering like a hummingbird, but usually perch to feed.

Fairy-bluebirds

Order:

Irenidae

The fairy-bluebirds are bulbul-like birds of open forest or thorn scrub. The males are dark-blue and the females a duller green.

Leafbirds

Order:

Chloropseidae

The leafbirds are small, bulbul-like birds. The males are brightly plumaged, usually in greens and yellows.

Weavers and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Ploceidae

The weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. They are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills. The males of many species are brightly coloured, usually in red or yellow and black, some species show variation in colour only in the breeding season.

Waxbills and allies

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae

The

estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia
. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns.

Old World sparrows

Order:

Passeridae

Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.

Wagtails and pipits

Order:

Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country.

Finches, euphonias, and allies

Order:

Fringillidae

Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.

Old World buntings

Order:

Emberizidae

The emberizids are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with distinctively shaped bills. Many emberizid species have distinctive head patterns.

See also

References

  1. ^ Considered accidental by the source, but IUCN considers it a native.
  2. ^ IUCN does not consider the species extirpated or even present in Bangladesh.
  • Lepage, Denis. "Checklist of Birds of Bangladesh". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  • Clements, James F. (2019). Birds of the World: A Checklist. Cornell University Press. p. 880.
    ISBN 978-0-934797-16-0
    .

External links
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  3. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22697599A122838534.en
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    . Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  6. ^ Rasmussen, Pamela C. (September 2009). "Streak-breasted Woodpecker Picus viridanus in Bangladesh: re-identification of specimen recorded as Laced Woodpecker P. vittatus" (PDF). Forktail. 16 (3): 183–184.
  7. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22696470A93565954.en
    . Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ^ Gill, F. and D. Donsker (Eds). 2019. IOC World Bird List (v 9.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.9.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ retrieved 22 June 2019.
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