Question

3. Which bird, which shares its name with an airline, is the
state bird of West Bengal?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Classification

Common Name – White Throated Kingfisher

Local Name – kilkila and kourilla

Other Name – white-breasted kingfisher or Smyrna kingfisher

Zoological Name – Halcyon smyrnensis

Explanation:

Size between 26 cm. to 28 cm. Weigh between 65 to 85 g. and have a wingspan of 110-130 mm.

White-throated kingfishers has a bright blue back. The large legs are bright red. White-throated kingfishers have thick, reddish-orange bills, and dark chocolate-colored heads, bellies, and shoulders. Flanks and lower belly are chestnut, and the throat and breast are white.

A brilliant white patch can be found on the throat and sometimes the breast. The wings and tail are bright blue with white patches on the primaries and black distal tips.

The flight of the white-throated kingfisher is rapid and direct, the short rounded wings whirring. In flight, large white patches are visible on the blue and black wings. Both Sexes are similar, but juveniles are a duller version of the adult.

Answer 2

Explanation:

White-throated King

State/UT Animal Bird

Uttranchal Musk Deer Himalayan Monal

Uttar Pradesh Swamp Deer Sarus Crane

West Bengal Fishing cat White-throated King Fisher

Andaman & Nicobar Islands