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The birding field guides say that the green-billed malkoha is a common bird in Bangladesh. Well, it might be common, but for me it is not. I tried for a long time to get a good picture of it.
With its long, flowing tail and elegant white feathers, this bird is truly paradise on wings, ... Green-billed Malkoha. This stunning bird, with its vivid red and black feathers, ...
"Naawa po ako sa kalagayan ng ibon. Tinanggalan siya ng bagwis para 'di po siya makalipad. Gusto ko po talaga mangyari do'n, alagaan 'yung ibon," he said, saying he has no clue what kind of bird it ...
Wildlife cell sleuths were called in to rescue a bird so rarely seen, that despite the emaciated condition of the winged creature, volunteers could not help but smile when they laid eyes on it.
The White-browed Bulbul, Chestnut-shouldered Petronia, Common Hoopoe, Indian Pitta, Blue-faced Malkoha and Forest Wagtail are some of the birds that one can look for in the Nanmangalam forests.
The spotting of the other bird— Sirkeer Malkoha— also proved exciting as it appears to be the first record from the western side of Western Ghats.
In 2016, while working on a book of photographs of birds of Bangladesh, I visited Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary several times looking for birds that I had not found elsewhere.