Oriental Plover Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Charadrius veredus
Family : Haematopodidae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Grasslands
Description : Oriental Plover is found in mudflats and coastal areas. Upperwing uniformly dark, lacking any sign of white wing bar. During breeding season, male has mainly whitish head and pale chestnut band across breast. It has Yellowish and pinkish legs.
Distribution in Bangladesh
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Hoopoe
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description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Grimmett et al, 2011, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, Oxford University Press, India, Photo credit and copyright:https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/64412807;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:James Lidster(www.xeno-canto.org/James Lidster), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Grimmett et al, 2011, Birds of the Indian Subcontinent, Oxford University Press, India, Photo credit and copyright:https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/64412807;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:James Lidster(www.xeno-canto.org/James Lidster), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.