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tangents 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. ....
Tangents Rostratula benghalensis or Greater Painted Snipe, Bangladesh. Photo: Ihtisham kabir In 1758, the Swedish scientist Carl Linnaeus introduced a naming system for living organisms. It was standardized by scientists worldwide, giving us scientific names for species, The Linnaean system arose from the need to uniquely identify each species and categorize or classify living beings into groups. The common name of a bird may change from country to country, but its Linnaean name remains the same. Thus, a Black-necked Stork in Bangladesh is a Jabiru in Australia but a Jabiru in Brazil is an entirely different bird. There is no confusion over their Linnaean names, however. The Black-necked Stork is Ephippyorhinchus asiatica whereas the (Brazilian) Jabiru is Jabiru mycteria – and that holds true everywhere. ....