Study of nesting behaviour of Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi (Aves: Passeriformes: Monorchidae) from southern West Bengal, India

Authors

  • Nilemesh Das ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700120, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1846-4765
  • Shuvadip Adhikari Ecotoxicology Project Laboratory, Government College of Engineering and Leather Technology, Block LB, Sector III, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal 700106, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9987-1022

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4868.11.6.13782-13785

Keywords:

Barti Beel, behaviour, brooding, courting, fledging, hatching, incubation, Ishapore, parental care, Passeriformes

Abstract

The Asian Paradise Flycatcher has always been a flamboyant passerine to be photographed quite often throughout the Gangetic Bengal in India, but hardly any behavioural documentation is enlisted till date.  The nesting behaviour of the subject bird encompassing its parental behaviours was studied on a wetland stretch of Ishapore, southern Gangetic Bengal.  The present study mainly deals with the nesting behaviour, incubation activities, hatching, and parental care to fledging of a wild pair.  The behavioural changes at par with the changing weather conditions and the neighbouring species too were studied. 

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Published

26-04-2019

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 6 (2019)

Section

Short Communications

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