Birds

Birds

A house crow—once the defining sound of Dhaka’s mornings, now a rarity. Photo: Muntasir Akash

Dhaka’s waste management plans must include bird rehabilitation

As waste management drives intensify, birds that have adapted to urban life are struggling to readapt to their natural habitats. Dhaka is becoming cleaner and healthier for people, but less...

File photo of a Himalayan monal. Photo: Collected

Human activity forces Himalayan monals to change calls: Study

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Biggest birds in the world

A flash of electric blue and a tail that defies proportion — the red-billed blue magpie commands the Shivapuri mornings. PHOTO: MD ARIF HOSSAIN PRODHAN

What you seek is seeking you: A morning at Shivapuri-Nagarjun National Park

The Emerald Cuckoo, a summer breeder in Bangladesh, develops metallic green plumage in males. The coloration comes with a mixture of gold and cobalt iridescence.

Chasing two Cuckoos that read my mind

Authorities apprehend man for destroying nests of Baya Weaver birds and killing chicks/ Collected

Man jailed, fined for destroying 27 Baya Weaver nests, killing chicks over paddy damage

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Fastest birds on the planet

A black-legged kittiwake on its ledge nest. Unlike most gulls, kittiwakes have evolved so thoroughly for open ocean life. Photos: Muntasir Akash

Birds that belong to no shore

File Photo: TBS

Beanibazar’s green cover shrinks, migratory birds disappear

A bird sits on a branch in front of a partial solar eclipse near Bridgwater, in southwestern England, March 20, 2015. Photo: REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

Study shows how solar eclipse made some birds sing like a new day dawned

A fire broke out at Kapasia Bazar in Gazipur district on 1 October. Photo: UNB

200 birds killed in Gazipur market fire

Sujoy’s organisation has rescued and released over a thousand birds so far from hunters. Photo: Courtesy

How decades of activism brought national recognition to Sherpur’s wildlife saviours

Birds including Lovebirds, Cockatiel, Bazrika, Diamond Dove and other species were burned to death. Photo: UNB

Hundreds of birds burnt in Jhenaidah shop fire