ACCIPITERS

1. CRESTED GOSHAWK

Accipiter trivigatus 30-46cm

It is found mainly in Himalayas, NE and SW India and Sri-Lanka. It is larger in size and crest, best distinctions from Besra. It has short and broad wings, pinched in at base. It's wing-tips barely extend beyond tail base at rest. Where male has dark grey crownand paler grey ear-coverts, black submoustachial and gular stripes and rufous brown streaking on breast and barring on belly and flanks. As well as female has browner crown and ear coverts and browner streaking and barring on underparts. Junvenile has rufous or buffish fringes to crown, crest and nape feathers, streaked ear coverts and buff/rufous wash to streaked underparts (barring restricted to lower flanks and thighs). It is found in dense broadleaved tropical and subtropical forest.

2. SHIKRA

Accipiter badius 30-36 cm

This type of bird is found mainly in all the countries except in parts of northwest. In this type adult are paler among Besra as well as Eurasian Sparrowhawk. The under part of its wing is pale, with fine barring on remiges and it has little darker in its wings tips. In this type of birds male birds upperparts is pale blue grey, similar type of grey gular stripe and its underparts is fine brownish orange barring, it is uncovered with white thighs as well as in the feather of central tail feathers was lightly barred. Where female has upperparts more brownish-grey. Juvenile has pale brown upperparts, more prominent gular stripe and streaked underparts; told from Juvenile Besra by paler upperparts. It is found in open woods and groves.

3. NICOBAR SPARROWHAWK

Accipiter butleri 30-34 cm

This type of bird is found in Nicobar island. The male has pale blue grey upperparts, mainly whitish underparts and underwing coverts, indistinct gular stripe and unbarred tail with narrow diffuse terminal band. Where female has slightly browner on upperparts, with marginally stronger barring on breast. Juvenile of nominate race has rufous upperparts, with dark brown feather centres, rufous buff underparts with browner, streaking, and dark banding on rufous cinnamon secondaries and tail. The single juvenile specimen from Great Nicobar has much browner and darker upperparts and may represent an under scribed race. It is live in dense forest as well as built it's nest in tall trees.

4. CHINESE SPARROWHAWK

Accipiter soloensis 25-30 cm

This type of bird is winter visitor and found in Nicobar island. It has narrow and pointed wings, with long primary projection at rest. In this type of bird adult has blue grey head and upperparts, indistinct grey gular stripe and rufous orange breast; distinctive underwing pattern, with unbarred remiges and coverts, blackish wing tips and dark grey trailing edge. Sub-adults show some dark barring on underside of flight feathers. Juvenile has dark brown upperparts, pronouced dark gular stripe and rufous-brown spotting and barring on underparts; compared with juvenile Japanese Sparrowhawk, crown is a darker slate-grey than mantle, lacks distinct supercilium and has distinctive underwing pattern (dark grey wing tips and traling edge, largely unmarked greyish brown to pale rufous coverts). It is mainly found in Forest area and wooded country.

LARGE HORNBILLS

1. GREAT HORNBILL
Buceros bicornis 91-105 cm
This type of birds found in Himalayas, NE India, Bangladesh and Western Ghats. It is huge in size massive yellow casque and bill and it has white tail with black subterminal band. It has white neck, wing-bars and trailing edge to wing which are variably stained with yellow . Both male and female are alike, although female has white iris and lacks black at ends os casque. Mature forest.











2. BROWN HORNBILL
Anorrhinus tickelli 60-75 cm
It is mainly found in NE India. It is medium-sized brown hornbill with stout yellowish bill. The male has white cheeks, throat and upper breast; rest of underparts rufous; in flight, has white tips to tail (except central feathers) and to primaries. Female is uniformly brown on underparts, and lacks white tips to flight feathers and tail. Broadleaved evergreen forest.







3. RUFOUS NECKED HORNBILL
Aceros nipalensis 90-100 cm
This type of birds are found in Himalayas, NE India and Bangladesh. White terminal band to tail and white wing tips. Red pouch. Male and immature have rufous head and neck. Female has black head and neck. Broadleaved evergreen forest.

4. WREATHED HORNBILL
Aceros undulatus 75-85 cm
It is found in E Himalayan foothills, NE India and Bangladesh. White tail and all-black wings. Has bill corrugations (except immature) and bar across pouch. Male has whitish head and neck and yellow pouch. Female has black head and neck with blue pouch. Broadleaved evergreen forest.

5. NAROCONDAM HORNBILL
Aceros naracondami 45-50 cm
It is mainly found in Narcondam L, Andamans. Small size. This type of bird has white tail and all black wings. Bluish white pouch. Male and immature have rufous head and neck. Female has black head and neck. High forest.

6. PLAIN POUCHED HORNBILL
Aceros subruficollis 65-70 cm
It has no exact record of where this birds lives but possibly occur in the north east. Very similar to Wreathed but smaller; as that species has white tail and all black wings. Lacks corrugations on bill, and has plain pouch. Mature forest.

PHEASANTS

1. TIBETAN EARED PHEASANTS Crossoptilon harmani 72 cm

This type of birds is found in Himalayas of NE Arunacahl Pradesh. The colour of the bird is covered with Blue-grey, with white in throat and white nape band. It has red facial skin. It also has long broad and slightly downcurved tail. The sexes of the birds are similar. It is found in high-altitude forest.

2. CHEER PHEASANT

Catreus wallichii M 90-118 cm, F 61-76 cm

This type of bird is found in W himalayas. It has long, broadly barred tail, pronounded crest, and red facial skin. In this type of bird male is more cleanly and strongly marked than female, with pronounced barring on mantle, unmarked neck, and broader barring across tail. Steep, craggy hillsides with scrub, secondary growth.

3. MRS HUME'S PHEASANTS

Syrmaticus humiae M 90 cm, F 60 cm

This type of bird is found in NE India. Where male bird has chestnut and blue-black, with white banding along scapulars and across wings and has strongly barred tail. As well has female has narrow whitish wing-bars, and white tips to tail feathers. In this type of bird both male and female have long graduated tail and red facial skin. This type of bird is found in Steep rocky slopes with forest and scrub.

4. GREY PEACOCK PHEASANT

Polyplectron bicalcaratum M 64 cm, F 48 cm

This type of bird is found in E himalayas and Bangladesh. Where Male has prominent purple and green ocelli, particularly on wing-coverts and tail; tail is long and broad, and has short tufted crest. Female is smaller, with shorter tail and smaller and duller ocelli. It is found in Undergrowth in tropical and subtropical forest.

5. INDIAN PEAFOWL

Pavo cristatus M 180-230 cm, F 90-100 cm

It is found in India, SE Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan. Male has blue neck and breast, and spectaular glossy green train of elongated uppertail covert feathers with numerous ocelli. Female lacks elongated uppertail coverts; has whitish face and throat and white belly. Primaries of female are brown (chestnut in male), although this is not depicted on plate. Forest undergrowth in wild; villages and cultivation where semiferal.

6. GREEN PEAFOWL

Pavo muticus M 180-300 cm, F 100-110 cm

This is found in NE India and Bangladesh. Male has erect tufted crest, and is mainly green, with long green train of elongated uppertail covert feathers with numerous ocelli. Female lacks long train; otherwise is similar to male, but upperparts are browner. It is found in dense forest.