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Chitrakoota
vanam
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Chitrakoota
vanam is a place mentioned in the Ramayana. It was a very
pleasant and peaceful place in the forest where Rama , Lakshmana
and Seeta set up their ashram . It was the home for numerous
birds and animals , with abundant fruit and flowering plants
.But due to its proximity to the kingdom of Ayodhya they were
often visited by well-wishers and friends who would try to
convince them to return to Ayodhya . Later they shifted to
a place called 'Panchavati' in the Dandakaranya .
The Pheasantry in the zoo has been aptly named as 'Chitrakoota
vanam' . |
Chitrakoota
vanam |
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Jungle bush quail
Scientific name : Perdicula
asiatica.
The male is brownish, streaked and mottled with dark buff and
chestnut. Face bright chestnut , chin and throat, whitish below
with close black barrings. The female differs with its pale pinkish-rufous
wash on the underbody.
Food
:
grass seeds, grain and small insects.
Voice
: Trilling,
musical call, tirri..tirri... often long drawn and loud
Range
: All
over India, upto an altitude of about 1200 meters in the outer
Himalayas.
Habitat
: Dense
grass, scrub and edges of forest.
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Jungle
bush quail |
Painted
spurfowl |
Painted spur fowl
Scientific name :
Galloperdix lunulata.
The male has metallic green-black crown with faint white streaking.
The black sides of the head and neck have white spots. It is chestnut
above with white eyespots and metallic bronze-green in wings and
tail. The female is plain rufous-brown with no white spots .
Food
:
seeds,berries
and insects.
Voice
: loud
calls .
Range
: South
of a line from Gwalior to Bengal, absent in Gujarat and Konkan.
Habitat
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Dense
thorn and bamboo jungle in broken hilly, rocky country.
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Grey Partridge
Scientific
name : Francolinus
pondicerianus
Both
sexes look alike with female being smaller. Grey-brown and rufous,
barred and blotched above.It is buffy-rufous below with narrow
crossbars on throat and upper breast Fine black markings can be
found on abdomen , flanks, and a black loop around the throat.
Food:
cereal grains, seeds, fallen berries and insects.
Voice:
loud and high pitched two to three note pat..ee..la.
Range:
All India, south of Himalayan foothills.
Habitat: open scrub, grass,
cultivation.
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Grey
partridge |
Silver
pheasant |
Silver
pheasant
Scientific name : Lophura
nycthemera
The upper parts of the male bird vary from white lined with black
to black lined with white , somewhat silvery in appearance . Underparts
are black . The female of the species is olive-brown to chestnut
coloured with white or buff coloured streaks and spots.
Food : grass seeds,
grain ,fruits and small insects.
Voice : A guttural harsh crowing
/ cooing sound.
Habitat : Forests and grasslands
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