Pelagic are birds that spend most of their lifetime on the ocean and move towards the coast only to breed. Some Pelagic birds have been sighted for the first time in the southern districts of West Bengal after cyclone Amphan battered the region on May 20.
- Cyclone Amphan carried the birds deep into the mainland with its sheer force.
- Among the pelagic birds sighted are different types of frigatebirds, a family of sea birds, such as the greater, lesser and Christmas frigatebird, Wilson’s storm petrel, sooty tern, lesser crested tern, great crested tern, brown noddy and short-tailed shearwater.
- For the first time, greater frigatebirds have been spotted in the eastern fringes of Kolkata
Source: The HT
