Banded Bay Cuckoo Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Cacomantis sonneratii
Family : Cuculidae
Order : Cuculiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Other Name : Indian Banded Bay Cuckoo, Bay-banded Cuckoo
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Description : The Banded Bay Cuckoo is a brown heavily barred bird with a white supercilium (adult bird length approximately 24 cm, wing 12 cm, bill 2.5 cm, tarsus 1.7 cm, tail 11.5 cm). The upperparts are rufous-brown with dark brown bars. The male and the female look alike. It feeds chiefly on caterpillars and bugs. It breeds mainly in February-August.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Cuculus saturatus
(Oriental (Himalayan) Cuckoo) -
Cacomantis passerinus
(Grey‑bellied Cuckoo) -
Surniculus lugubris
(Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo) -
Phaenicophaeus tristis
(Green‑billed Malkoha) -
Hierococcyx nisicolor
(Whistling (Hodgson's) Hawk Cuckoo) -
Centropus bengalensis
(Lesser Coucal) -
Cuculus micropterus
(Indian Cuckoo) -
Centropus sinensis
(Greater Coucal) -
Hierococcyx sparverioides
(Large Hawk Cuckoo) -
Taccocua leschenaultii
(Sirkeer Malkoha)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel (www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Bas van Balenmore information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Vijay Anand Ismavel (www.inaturalist.org/people/Vijay Anand Ismavel ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Bas van Balenmore information, please contact us.