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Scientific Name: Rynchops albicollis Swainson, 1838
English Name: Indian Skimmer
Local/Bangla Name: Deshi Gangchosha (দেশি গাঙচষা), Panikata/Jolchor (পানিকাটা/জলচর )
Indian Skimmer - Deshi Gangchosha (দেশি গাঙচষা), Panikata/Jolchor (পানিকাটা/জলচর ) - Rynchops albicollis - Type: Marine_birds

Photo: Birds of the World

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Rynchopidae
Description:
With a brilliant orange bill and black above and white below, the lower mandible is longer than the upper. Prefers calm waterways with sandbars, where it frequently forms boisterous colonies alongside terns. uses its elongated lower mandible to “skimm” the water as it soars on long, angular wings.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Occurs mainly in the coastal chars along the main rivers in Barishal, Chittagong, Dhaka and Rajshahi Divisions.
Environment:
Marine, 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.

WorldFish IUCN WCS 2018 A Proposal to Declare a New Marine Protected Area (MPA) Around Nijhum Dwip with Preference to Fisheries

Summary Information for the Declaration of the proposed Nijhum Dwip Marine Protected Area (MPA), 2019.

Zusi, R.L., G. M. Kirwan, and E. F. J. Garcia (2020). Indian Skimmer (Rynchops albicollis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.indski1.01

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