Birds of Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a beautiful country . Birds have increased its beauty more . We sleep at night and rise early in the morning hearing the sweet songs of different birds . There are different types of birds in our country . They are different in colour , size and habit . They are divided into many classes .
The crow is a teasing bird . It is a very common bird in Bangladesh . It is very clever . It looks ugly . Yet it is useful . It feeds on dead animals and dirty things . The kite is also of the same habit and nature .
The cuckoo , the shyama , the doel , the koel , the mayna , the nightingale etc are known as song birds . The cuckoo is the most popular of all song birds . It comes in our country at the beginning of spring . The doel is our national bird .
The dove , the pigeon , the snipe , the heron , the pankauri are well - known game birds . They are famous for their flesh .
The vulture and the hawk are birds of prey . They live on flesh and fish . These birds have keen eyes and sharp nails . There are some birds which build their nests with great skill . These kinds of birds are called tailor birds .
The swallow , the tuntuni and the babut are the tailor birds . Many game birds come from foreign land during autumn and winter . They increase the natural beauty of our country for the time being .
The pigeon , the hen and the duck are domestic birds . They give us flesh and eggs . Birds are our natural wealth . They are helpful and useful to us in many ways . Therefore , we should not kill birds at random . We should take proper care of them .