common merganser in nepal

Description:
The Common Merganser is a fish-eating duck found across the world and Asian countries like Nepal, India, Japan, China, and Korea. Males are brighter than females. Male have greenish black head and back, red bill, dark eyes and feet and white body where are female ones differ with brown head and grayish body. These birds are capable of swimming, diving and flying. They feed on water animals like fish, amphibians, snails and other aquatic invertebrates. They live in banks of rivers, lakes, coasts in nests made up of bushes. Their breeding occurs from May to June each year when female lays around 10 eggs in a clutch. These birds live around 12 years. They are seen in Chitwan of Nepal.
Common Name:common merganser, Kaure haans, कौरे हाँस्
Scientific Name: Mergus merganser
Weight: Male 3.64 lbs., Female 2.73 lbs.
Color: Male - greenish black head and back, red bill, dark eyes and feet and white body. Female- brown head and the body is greyish.
Length: Male 25.5 inches, Female 22.9 inches


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white rumped vulture in nepal

Description:
The White rumped Vulture is a species of vulture and falls under large birds. This black feathered bird is white back and unfeathered neck, head. Lower back and rump are pure white and have brownish-black hooked bill. Both genders look similar. They have strong wings which helps them have long and circular flight high above the ground for preying. They build nest with sticks and green leaves on top of the big trees near the habitation of human for slaughtered or abandoned animals. They sometimes feed on human corpses as allowed by some religion. Like other scavenger birds, they reproduce slowly. Their breeding season falls near January when the female vulture lays an egg. Due to excess use of pesticides and other human influences their number is declining and is marked as endangered species. They are seen in Chitwan of Nepal.
Common Name:White rumped vulture , Dangar Giddha, डङ्गर गिद्ध
Scientific Name: Gyps bengalensis
Weight: 3500-6000 grams
Color: white back, lower back and rump are pure white, brownish-black hooked bill
Length: 76-93 cms


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