
Scientific Name
Common Name
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Pycnonotidae |
| Genus | Pycnonotus |
| Species | cafer cafer |
| Author Name and Year | (Linnaeus 1766) | ||
| Habitat | Terrestrial, near human habitation | ||
| Food Habit | Fruits, berries, flower nectar, insects | ||
| Distribution in India | West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu | ||
| Distribution in West Bengal (District wise) | Purulia | ||
| Importance/Significance | |||
| Status | |||
| IUCN | Least Concern | ||
| WPA | Schedule IV | ||
| CITES | |||
| Endemicity | |||
| Remarks | |||
| References |
Majumdar, N., Roy, C.S., Ghosal, D.K., Dasgupta, J.M., Basuroy, S. & Datta, B.K. (1992). Aves. Fauna of West Bengal, State Fauna Series, 3 (Part-1): 171-418, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata., Majumder, A., Maheswaran, G., Alam, I., Chandra, K., Alfred, J.R.B. & Choudhury, B. (2022). Birds of India-Field Guide., Sanyal, A.K., (Ed.) (2020). Flying Feathers: Colour Drawings of Birds in the Collection of The Asiatic Society 1810-1815. The Asiatic Society. 978-81-945298-8-0. , Das, A.A. & Das, D. (2016). Preliminary studies on common birds of West Bengal with special reference to vegetation spectrum, India. Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology 10 (4): 12-34. DOI: https:// doi.org/10.9790/2402-1011041221, www.iucn.org, http://www.wiienvis.nic.in/Database/ScheduleSpeciesDatabase_7969.aspx, |
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