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Scientific Name: Heliopais personatus (Gray, 1845)
English Name: Masked Finfoot
Local/Bangla Name: Kalamukh Perapakhi (কালামুখ প্যারাপাখি)
Photo: Birds of the World
Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Gruiformes
Family: Heliornithidae
Description:
A peculiar bird with a beak as colorful as a hornbill, somewhat resembling a cormorant. Overall color is gray-brown, with a deeper and more pronounced black mask on males that stretches from the face to the throat.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
It occurs in the Sundarbans of Khulna Revenue Division, particularly in the eastern part.
Environment:
Brakish, Terrestrial
Main References:
Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hassan MA, Khondker M, Rahman MM (eds.) (2008) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol. 26. Birds. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 662 pp.
Other References:
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 3: Birds. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+676.
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