Painted stork

The painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is a large wader in the stork family. It is found in

the wetlands of the plains of tropical Asia south of the Himalayas in the Indian Subcontinent and
extending into Southeast Asia. Their distinctive pink tertial feathers of the adults give them their
name. They forage in flocks in shallow waters along rivers or lakes. They immerse their half
open beaks in water and sweep them from side to side and snap up their prey of small fish that are
sensed by touch. As they wade along they also stir the water with their feet to flush hiding fish. They
nest colonially in trees, often along with other waterbirds. The only sounds they produce are weak
moans or bill clattering at the nest. They are not migratory and only make short distance movements
in some parts of their range in response to changes in weather or food availability or for breeding.
Like other storks, they are often seen soaring on thermals.Conservation status: Near Threatened
(Population decreasing) 

Crested honey buzzard

The crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)[3] is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae,
which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers. This
species is also known as the Oriental honey buzzard.
Despite its name, this species is not related to Buteo buzzards, and is taxonomically closer to the
kites.[4] It appears long-necked with a small head (resembling that of a pigeon), and soars on flat
wings. The head lacks a strong superciliary ridge, giving it a facial appearance very unlike a raptor. It
has a long tail and a short head crest. It is brown above, but not as dark as European honey
buzzard, and paler below. A dark throat stripe is present. Unusually for a large bird of prey, the
sexes can be distinguished. The male has a blue-grey head, while the female's head is brown. She
is slightly larger and darker than the male. The male has a black tail with a white band.
It breeds in Asia from central Siberia east to Japan. It is a summer migrant to Siberia, wintering in
tropical Southeast Asia. Elsewhere, it is more-or-less resident. It is a specialist feeder, living mainly
on the larvae of social bees and wasps, and eating bits of comb and honey; [5] it takes other small
insect prey such as cicadas.[6]
The crested honey buzzard breeds in woodland, and is inconspicuous except in the spring, when the
mating display includes wing-clapping. The display of roller-coasting in flight and fluttering wings at
the peak of the ascent are characteristic of the genus Pernis.[7][8]
It is larger and longer-winged than its western counterpart, the European honey buzzard, Pernis
apivorus.

Lesser whistling duck

The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica), also known as Indian whistling
duck or lesser whistling teal, is a species of whistling duck that breeds in the Indian subcontinent
and Southeast Asia. They are nocturnal feeders that during the day may be found in flocks around
lakes and wet paddy fields. They can perch on trees and sometimes build their nest in the hollow of
a tree. This brown and long-necked duck has broad wings that are visible in flight and produces a
loud two-note wheezy call. It has a chestnut rump, differentiating it from its larger relative, the fulvous
whistling duck, which has a creamy white rump.
This chestnut brown duck is confusable only with the fulvous whistling duck (D. bicolor) but has
chestnut upper-tail coverts unlike the creamy white in the latter. The ring around the eye is orange to
yellow.[2] When flying straight, their head is held below the level of the body as in
other Dendrocygna species. The crown appears dark and the sexes are alike in plumage. They fly
slowly but with rapid wing-flapping and usually produce a repetitive wheezy seasick call as they
circle overhead. They are very nocturnal and often rest during the day. The outermost primary
feather has the inner vane modified. They produce very prominent whistling sound while flying.

Black-capped kingfisher
The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in
tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia. This most northerly of the tree
kingfishers is resident over much of its range, but northern populations are migratory, wintering
south of their range in Sri Lanka, Thailand, Borneo and Java. It is distinctive in having a black cap
that contrasts with the whitish throat, purple-blue wings and the coral red bill. The species is mainly
found in coastal and mangrove habitats but can sometimes be found far inland.

The black-capped kingfisher was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte
de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1780.[2] The bird was also illustrated in a hand-
coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire
Naturelle, which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany
Buffon's text.[3] Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name, but in
1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name Alcedo pileata in his catalogue
of the Planches Enluminées.[4] The type locality is China.[5] The present genus Halcyon was
introduced by the English naturalist and artist William John Swainson in 1821.[6] Halcyon is a name
for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. The specific epithet pileata is
from the Latin pileatus meaning '-capped'.[7] The species is monotypic.

River tern
The Indian river tern or just river tern (Sterna aurantia) is a tern in the family Laridae. It is a
resident breeder along inland rivers from Iran east into the Indian Subcontinent and further
to Myanmar to Thailand, where it is uncommon. Unlike most Sterna terns, it is almost exclusively
found on freshwater, rarely venturing even to tidal creeks.
This species breeds from March to May in colonies in less accessible areas such as sandbanks in
rivers. It nests in a ground scrape, often on bare rock or sand, and lays three greenish-grey to buff
eggs, which are blotched and streaked with brown.
This is a medium-sized tern, 38–43 cm long with dark grey upperparts, white underparts, a forked
tail with long flexible streamers, and long pointed wings. The bill is yellow and the legs red. It has a
black cap in breeding plumage. In the winter the cap is greyish white, flecked and streaked with
black, there is a dark mask through the eye, and the tip of the bill becomes dusky.
The sexes are similar but juveniles have a brown head, brown-marked grey upperparts, grey breast
sides and white underparts. The bill is yellowish with a dark tip
As with other Sterna terns, the river tern feeds by plunge-diving for fish, crustaceans, tadpoles and
aquatic insects in rivers, lakes, and tanks. Its numbers are decreasing due to the pollution of their
habitat.