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Oriental Magpie-robin

Copsychus saularis

Description:

Pictured here is male, black above and white below, with white stripes on wings and slightly bigger than sparrow. Female is slightly different in colours - here, one of my previous spottings from the same area: https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/18...

Habitat:

Here observed in rural setting, in a small village in the midst of paddy/shrimp fields on the border with Myanmar. Seen around habitations and in homegardens and yards.

Notes:

This is the national bird of Bangladesh, and is called the Doel or Doyel in Bengali (a.k.a. Bangla) language. As national symbol, it appears on national currency notes, and there is also a monument to this bird in Dhaka.

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Zlatan Celebic
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Zlatan Celebic

চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগ, Bangladesh

Spotted on Mar 9, 2019
Submitted on Mar 31, 2019

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