Re: [Assam] Keteki
Title: Re: [Assam] Keteki Ram: It is Chokhgelo Pakhi ( also Bou Kotha Kow--as in Moi Keteku) in Bengali, Common Hawk Cuckoo [Brainfever Bird], Hierococcyx varius[Cuculus varius]. I used o know the Hindi name, but I forget now, and can't remeber where I had the info. Anyway, if you look up 'Hierococcyx varius' in the web. youwill find all kinds of info on it. c-da At 4:52 PM -0600 2/17/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Today's AT had a great photo of a keteki perching on a Shimolu flower branch. I sent the photo to a birder friend of mine, who could not id the bird - only deals with North American birds. Anyone knows what the keteki is called in English? a kind of swallow? ( For those who missed it -see attachment) Content-Type: image/jpeg; name=keteki.jpeg X-Attachment-Id: f_ejt3fuao Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=keteki.jpeg Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:keteki.jpeg (JPEG/prvw) (0082FDCF) ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Keteki
Wow! C'da that is really good info. Since its got a Bengali name, I would guess its also common in Bengal. Thank you Ram On 2/17/06, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: It is Chokhgelo Pakhi ( also Bou Kotha Kow--as in Moi Keteku) in Bengali, Common Hawk Cuckoo [Brainfever Bird], Hierococcyx varius[Cuculus varius]. I used o know the Hindi name, but I forget now, and can't remeber where I had the info. Anyway, if you look up 'Hierococcyx varius' in the web. youwill find all kinds of info on it. c-da At 4:52 PM -0600 2/17/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Today's AT had a great photo of a keteki perching on a Shimolu flower branch. I sent the photo to a birder friend of mine, who could not id the bird - only deals with North American birds. Anyone knows what the keteki is called in English? a kind of swallow? ( For those who missed it -see attachment) Content-Type: image/jpeg; name=keteki.jpegX-Attachment-Id: f_ejt3fuaoContent-Disposition: attachment; filename=keteki.jpegAttachment converted: Macintosh HD:keteki.jpeg (JPEG/prvw) (0082FDCF)___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Keteki
BTW, I have some terrific recordings of the Keteki from Namti. C'da Can that be sent over (wav file)? I would love to share that with some of my friends here. Ram On 2/17/06, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: It is common not only in the NE, but B'desh, Bengal, N.Bihar, N. UP and even as far south as Sri Lanka. I heard them on a Discovery Channel documentary on Sri Lanka years ago. Must be common in Myanmar and Yunan province of China as well as Nepal and Bhutan too. BTW, I have some terrific recordings of the Keteki from Namti. c-da At 5:54 PM -0600 2/17/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Wow! C'da that is really good info. Since its got a Bengali name, I would guess its also common in Bengal. Thank you Ram On 2/17/06, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ram: It is Chokhgelo Pakhi ( also Bou Kotha Kow--as in Moi Keteku) in Bengali, Common Hawk Cuckoo [Brainfever Bird], Hierococcyx varius[Cuculus varius]. I used o know the Hindi name, but I forget now, and can't remeber where I had the info. Anyway, if you look up 'Hierococcyx varius' in the web. youwill find all kinds of info on it. c-da At 4:52 PM -0600 2/17/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Today's AT had a great photo of a keteki perching on a Shimolu flower branch. I sent the photo to a birder friend of mine, who could not id the bird - only deals with North American birds. Anyone knows what the keteki is called in English? a kind of swallow? ( For those who missed it -see attachment) Content-Type: image/jpeg; name=keteki.jpegX-Attachment-Id: f_ejt3fuaoContent-Disposition: attachment; filename=keteki.jpegAttachment converted: Macintosh HD:keteki.jpeg (JPEG/prvw) (0082FDCF) ___assam mailing listassam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
