Chhattisgarh’s most of the part is covered by the forest and in this forest many dagerous and beautiful wild animals live. Birds are beauty of forest and in forest you will fined many different size and colors of bird. The sweet song of birds give real pleasure. In many color of birds, Red color birds are unique they look so beautiful. Every birds looks so amazing but red are some different. Here we are talking about red colored birds not red listed birds. Near 300 bird species are found in Chhattisgarh but only few Birds are red colored. Red color birds in Chhattisgarh is very rare.
Red Birds Of Chhattisgarh
[1] Red avadavat
[2] Red junglefowl
[3] Red Spurfowl
[4] Red Hen
[5] Red-whiskered bulbul
[1] Red avadavat
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Aves
Order – Passeriformes
Family – Estrildidae
Genus – Amandava
Species – A. amandava
Scientific Name – Amandava amandava
Red avadavat is one the beautiful birds of Chhattisgarh. Its scientific name is Amandava amandava. its common name is red munia or strawberry finch. This bird is an asian bird that mean found in many different countries of Asia (Like India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal etc.). Because of beauty of this bird many people like to pet this bird thus this bird is also known as cage bird. Naturally, it lives on tropical grassland area. Only males are red colored.
[2] Red junglefowl
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Aves
Order – Galliformes
Family – Phasianidae
Genus – Gallus
Species – G. gallus
Scientific Name – Gallus gallus
This is a species of chicken and commonly known as Bankiva. Its feathers are many colored so it looks more attractive. The feathers are Red, Orange, Gray, white, Golden and Metallic green colored. This is an Asian bird so commonly found in India eastwards across Indochina and southern China, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia. Chickens are the result of domestication of Red Junglefowl.
[3] Red Spurfowl
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Aves
Order – Galliformes
Family – Phasianidae
Genus – Galloperdix
Species – G. spadicea
Scientific Name – Galloperdix spadicea
This bird is endamic to India. The legs have one or two spurs and because of this character this bird is named Red Spurfowl. This bird is reddish colored bird and bare skin around eyes are also reddish. it has a long tail. The legs are also red. They are mostly silent but at the morning and evening they produce their morning and evening song.
[4] Red Hen
There are many species of chickens and different color of hens. Hens are various colored domestic bird. Some hens are white, gray, black and some are red. Red hens are found in most of the place of world except Arctic and antarctic. These red hens are able to interbred with many different species of cock.
[5] Red-whiskered bulbul
Kingdom – Animalia
Phylum – Chordata
Class – Aves
Order – Passeriformes
Family – Pycnonotidae
Genus – Pycnonotus
Species – P. jocosus
Scientific name – Pycnonotus jocosus
This bird is not fully red colored. Its red spot near eye and near tail makes is beautiful. Red-whiskered bulbul is bulbul family bird. This bird is found in tropical areas of Asia.
