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Bazas of the World
From left: Black Baza, Kalenga, Bangladesh; Jerdon’s Baza, Bandarban, Bangladesh; Pacific Baza, Darwin, Australia. Photo: Ihtisham kabir
In late 2019, while visiting Bandarban with friends, I saw a medium sized brown bird perched on a distant tree. It looked like a bird of prey. After looking through my binoculars for a few seconds, I saw a crest of upright feathers on its head. Instantly I knew it was a Baza, or
Baaj Pakhi of my childhood.
Bazas are small to medium birds of prey distinguished by their crest. They belong to the group Aviceda of the large raptor family Accipitridae. They can be found in Asia, Africa and Australia. Dwellers of the forest, they are harder to spot than raptors of open spaces.