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Black-naped monarch taking care of nestlings

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TBS Report
08 April, 2020, 12:40 pm
Last modified: 08 April, 2020, 01:33 pm

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Black-naped monarch taking care of nestlings

In Bangladesh, the bird is locally known as Kaloghar Rajon

TBS Report
08 April, 2020, 12:40 pm
Last modified: 08 April, 2020, 01:33 pm
A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS
A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS

It is dinner time. A mother black-naped monarch feeds the nestlings at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura.

They like to feed on butterflies, spiders and flying insects like grasshoppers.

A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS
A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS

Between March and August–the breeding season, monarchs build cup-shaped nests with straws and decorate them with spider-egg cases. Fork of a sapling is their safest nesting place. The canopy above provides protection from predatory birds hovering in the sky.

A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS
A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS

The parent birds always remove the nestlings' fecal sacs so that predators cannot smell it and find the nest. Usually, hatching needs about 12 days.

A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS
A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS

A young monarch takes around two weeks to become a fledgling.

A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS
A mother black-naped monarch is located at Gandagram in Shajahanpur upazila, Bogura. The photos were taken on April 2, 2020. Photos: Md Ali Asraf Bhuiyan / TBS

The male has a distinctive black patch on the head while the female lacks the mark.

In Bangladesh, the bird is locally known as Kaloghar Rajon.

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