BIRDS OF BANGLADESH

Different birds : there are different types of birds in our country. They are different in colour , size and habit. They eat different kinds of food. Some birds eat fish and flesh, some live on warms and insects, some on fruits and grains some on filth and grains, some on filth and garbage’s . birds are divided into many classes. They are teasing birds, song birds, rapacious birds. Game birds, migratory birds and tailor birds.

Teasing birds : crows and kites are teasing birds. The crow is a very common bird in Bangladesh. It is very clever. It steals away the food and other small things from our kitchen and from the hands of the little babies. It looks ugly. Yet it is useful. It feeds on dead animals and dirty things. It has a harsh voice. The kite also steals away chickens, fish and pieces of birds flesh.

Song birds: there are many song birds in Bangladesh .the cuckoo is the most popular of all song dirds.it comes to our country at the beginning of spring. small boys and girls try to imitate a cuckoo when it sings. it hides itself behind leaves. The shyma the doel the koel and the baukatha-kao the nightingale are well known song birds.doel is our national bird.

Taking birds : there parrot, the mayna the chandana the cockatoo and the martin are called talking birds. People tame them for their sweet voice and they can talk like human beings if they are trained. there are many game birds in our country. They are famous for Their tasty flesh. The partridg, the dove, the pigeon the snipe the bittern, the heron the teal and the pankauri are most well known game birds. 

The fish eating birds : there are some fish eating birds that live beside the watery places. They eat small fish. The crane, the heron and the kingfisher are fish eating birds.

Birds of prey : there are some birds of prey in our country.they are the vulture and the hawk.they mainly live on flesh and fish. These birds have keen eyes and sharp nail.theyswoop down upon their prey. The vulture eats upon dead animals.

The tailor birds: there are some birds that build their nests with great skill. We wonder at their work. They are called tailor birds. The swallow the tuntuni and the babui are tailor birds.

Nocturnal birds: there are some bids that come out at night .they are called night-birds. The owl and the bat are of this kind. These birds do not come out in broad daylight. We hear the owl prow at night. It is harmless. The bat feeds on fruits. It flies at night.

Migratory birds : there are some birds that come from foreign land in our country during autumn and winter. They are also famous for their flesh. They increase the natural beauty of our country for the time being.

Some other birds : there are many other common birds which we find here and there. We do not know the name of many birds. The wood pecker is a fine looking bird.