Crow Pheasant - Latin name:Centropus sinensis; Hindi: Mahoka; Marathi: Bharadwaj.
The crow pheasant is larger than the common crow - about the size of the jungle crow. It has strikingly distinct copper colored wings and jet black body with a long tail.
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It is commonly found in Western India and moves about, either singly or in pairs through the foliage between the trees.It feeds mainly on insects, small lizards and may be mice.
It can easily be identified from its conspicuous copper colored wings and its deep throaty call, which goes something like this - ghoog, ghoog, ghoog.....the call being repeated several times, often picked up and continued by its mate. It is not good in flight and moves around by vigorous flapping of the wings followed by gliding, covering short distances each time.
At times, it is hunted by villagers in South India for its wings.
The crow pheasant is larger than the common crow - about the size of the jungle crow. It has strikingly distinct copper colored wings and jet black body with a long tail.
Here is link to all the photographs: http://picasaweb.google.com/home?source=bloggerpromo&pli=1&gsessionid=z36CfDxwSKPodfXK7-LQmw
It is commonly found in Western India and moves about, either singly or in pairs through the foliage between the trees.It feeds mainly on insects, small lizards and may be mice.
It can easily be identified from its conspicuous copper colored wings and its deep throaty call, which goes something like this - ghoog, ghoog, ghoog.....the call being repeated several times, often picked up and continued by its mate. It is not good in flight and moves around by vigorous flapping of the wings followed by gliding, covering short distances each time.
At times, it is hunted by villagers in South India for its wings.
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