1. Cormorants: these birds are so proficient at catching fish that they have been trained to catch fish for people in Asia.
Little Cormorant Great Cormorant
2. Herons: their huge wings can measure up to double the size of their bodies.
Indian Pond Heron Black-crowned Night Heron
3. Lapwings: they get their name from the lapping sound made by their large wings when flapped slowly as they usually are. They are also known as "peewits", because of the distinct "pee-wit" call males make during mating season.
Red-wattled Lapwing Yellow-wattled Lapwing
4. Kingfishers: they are known for their sharp eyesight. What's unusual about their vision is that they adopt monocular vision (each eye being used separately) while in air and binocular vision (both eyes being used together) while in water.
Common Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher
3. Lapwings: they get their name from the lapping sound made by their large wings when flapped slowly as they usually are. They are also known as "peewits", because of the distinct "pee-wit" call males make during mating season.
Red-wattled Lapwing Yellow-wattled Lapwing
4. Kingfishers: they are known for their sharp eyesight. What's unusual about their vision is that they adopt monocular vision (each eye being used separately) while in air and binocular vision (both eyes being used together) while in water.
Common Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher
No comments:
Post a Comment