Bangladesh Important Bird Area
Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary
51 bird species recorded; the most in June.
Saad.Kaikobad · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
10 species in January.0 species in February.27 species in March.0 species in April.14 species in May.44 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.2 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
51 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 51Speciesrecorded more than once
- 11Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 204Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 55 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 2Owls
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 26Songbirds
- 17Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 51 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Black BazaAviceda leuphotes
Owls2 species
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Spotted OwletAthene brama
Ducks & geese1 species
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Storks & cranes1 species
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Songbirds26 species
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Javan CuckooshrikeCoracina javensis
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Chloropsis moluccensisChloropsis moluccensis
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos
- Common WoodshrikeTephrodornis pondicerianus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
Other birds17 species
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandriNT
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- Fulvous-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos macei
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- Greater Yellownape WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
- Ashy-headed Green-pigeonTreron phayreiNT
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan24°/11°10 mm
- Feb28°/14°23 mm
- Mar32°/18°62 mm
- Apr33°/22°211 mm
- May32°/24°372 mm
- Jun31°/25°440 mm
- Jul30°/24°393 mm
- Aug30°/24°322 mm
- Sep30°/24°259 mm
- Oct28°/22°170 mm
- Nov26°/17°32 mm
- Dec24°/13°20 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary.
Wildlife Sanctuary located in Chunarughat of Habiganj district, Bangladesh
Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Bangladesh.
51 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 204 open records.
The most recorded are the Red-whiskered Bulbul, the Eastern Spotted Dove and the Red-vented Bulbul.
8 species come for the summer, 2 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in June.
Get there and watch
- Khowainearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Agartala - Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport (IXA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 52 km in a straight line
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary
Bangladesh
- 37Birdyas Score
- 51Species
- 11Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q13614508) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 204 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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