Thursday, July 14, 2011

[BirdPhotoIndia] Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Name of species-

Coracina melanoptera

Common Name-

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Family-

Oriolini

Status-

 not common resident

Photo taken on-

10.7.2011

At-

Jhalana Eco-Tourism Park, Jaipur, Rajastan, India

Description

On 10.7.2011 I heard call of Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike .A male bird on the tree with some rootlet in its beak and it was continuously calling. As I reached near to tree bird flew on another tree .I noticed that it was holding nesting material continuously and was changing its position with nesting material .I suppose that male calling female for pairing .For that symbolically it took some nesting material in beak.

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