The Falco chicquera, commonly
known as the red-necked falcon, has only two populations – one in Africa and the
other in India.
Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 13:56
The bird was caught on camera by
two members of the Vizag Bird Watchers Society (ViBS), Dwaipayan Chaudhuri and
Sourav Majumdar.
Narrating how the bird sighting
came about, Sourav took to Facebook, and wrote, "After getting lost in numerous
bye-ways, we finally reached the spot (behind the reservoir) quite late. A
harsh sunshine had already set the tone to the early winter morning. The
birding activity was already on the way down. We shuffled out of the vehicle,
with our heavy gear and started to walk down the dirt track to a green patch
where Dwaipayan had, in an earlier visit, spied a hoopoe."
"Hoopoes are beautifully
crested, sober coloured birds and after Cyclone Hudhud, Vizag has had a special
attachment to it. Hudhud is the Arabic name for Hoopoe. Although a common bird,
there will hardly be a birder who would not want to have a second look,"
he explained.
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