West Bengal, India
West Bengal
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in West Bengal
Materials recorded in West Bengal
List of all the materials recorded in West Bengal, sorted by rating.8 Videos
Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata)
A bird on a tree...
LocalityWest Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 23 January 2012 61 sec 4.4
Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
A male bird foraging amongst water hyacinths...
LocalityWest Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 15 January 2012 33 sec 4.3
Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)
A male bird on a date palm trunk...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 26 January 2012 33 sec 4.2
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
A bird walking and foraging on grass.
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India (ssp coromanda) Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 16 October 2011 34 sec 3.8
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
A male bird on a tree.
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 06 August 2011 35 sec 3.7
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
A bird perched on a branch.
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 08 August 2011 27 sec 3.6
Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica)
An adult on a tree...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 07 August 2011 43 sec 3.5
Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata)
A bird in the undergrowth.
LocalityIrpala, West Midnapore District, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 28 October 2011 8 sec 3.3
252 Photographs
Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica)
A bird in a tree...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 29 January 2012 4.6
Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
A swimming bird...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 15 January 2012 4.5
Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
Way towards my dream
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Ananda Banerjee 06 August 2011 4.5
Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica)
A bird on a branch
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India J.M. Garg 30 April 2007 4.5
Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
What a wonder you are to my eyes
LocalityJalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India Ananda Banerjee 20 September 2010 4.5
Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
An adult bird on water.
LocalitySantragachhi, Howrah District, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 15 January 2012 4.4
Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
The little beauty
LocalityWest Bengal, India Ananda Banerjee 05 March 2011 4.4
Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
A female bird on a coconut tree trunk...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 19 February 2012 4.4
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
A bird feeding at Kapok tropical tree.
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India J.M. Garg 08 February 2007 4.4
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
A pair on a branch...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 18 March 2012 4.4
Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
Yet you remain beyond my reach
LocalityWest Bengal, India Ananda Banerjee 21 August 2011 4.4
Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
A bird drying its wings.
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India (Monotypic species) J.M. Garg 30 November 2008 4.4
House Crow (Corvus splendens)
A bird on a tree...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 26 March 2012 4.3
Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
A bird in non-breeding plumage standing on dried water hyacinth...
LocalityKolkata, West Bengal, India Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 15 January 2012 4.3
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List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in West Bengal
Species with materials recorded in West Bengal
List of species with materials recorded in West Bengal. Species that occur in West Bengal but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Indian Cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)
- Little Cormorant (Phalacrocorax niger)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
- Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
- Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
- Ibises and Spoonbills (Threskiornithidae)
- Black-headed Ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Lesser Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
- Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
- Gadwall (Anas strepera)
- Baikal Teal (Anas formosa)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Pheasants and Partridges (Phasianidae)
- Blood Pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus)
- Satyr Tragopan (Tragopan satyra)
- Guineafowl (Numididae)
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca)
- Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Jacanas (Jacanidae)
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Rock Dove (Columba livia)
- Oriental Turtle-dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- Common Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus varius)
- Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
- Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Rollers (Coraciidae)
- Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)
- Hoopoe (Upupidae)
- Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Barbets (Capitonidae)
- Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata)
- Blue-throated Barbet (Megalaima asiatica)
- Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)
- Woodpeckers (Picidae)
- Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei)
- Rufous Woodpecker (Celeus brachyurus)
- Streak-throated Woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus)
- Black-rumped Flameback (Dinopium benghalense)
- Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
- Larks (Alaudidae)
- Bengal Bushlark (Mirafra assamica)
- Pipits and Wagtails (Motacillidae)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
- Large Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina macei)
- Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melaschistos)
- Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)
- Black-crested Bulbul (Pycnonotus flaviventris)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
- White-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis)
- Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- Fairy-bluebirds (Irenidae)
- Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
- Ioras (Aegithinidae)
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Thrushes (Turdidae)
- Orange-headed Thrush (Zoothera citrina)
- Plain-backed Thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
- Common Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
- Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
- Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
- Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
- White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)
- Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
- Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
- Cisticolas and Allies (Cisticolidae)
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
- Striated Grassbird (Megalurus palustris)
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Babblers (Timaliidae)
- Jungle Babbler (Turdoides striata)
- Bar-throated Minla (Chrysominla strigula)
- Sunbirds (Nectariniidae)
- Purple-rumped Sunbird (Leptocoma zeylonica)
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
- Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)
- Pale-billed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum erythrorhynchos)
- White-eyes (Zosteropidae)
- Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus)
- Orioles (Oriolidae)
- Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
- Shrikes (Laniidae)
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Drongos (Dicruridae)
- Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
- Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Crows (Corvidae)
- Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Starlings (Sturnidae)
- Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra)
- Chestnut-tailed Starling (Sturnia malabarica)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Waxbills (Estrildidae)
- Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)