The Forest Department recovered 32 birds of four species from hunters in Habiganj while selling those alongside a road at Shayestaganj in Habiganj Sadar on Sunday afternoon.
A Forest Department team in association with Bangladesh Birds Club members recovered the birds from Debbazar area at Habiganj Sadar upazila at about 3 pm, assistant forest conservator (wildlife crimes control unit) Madinul Ahsan told UNB.
Of the total birds, 20 were pheasant tailed jacana juvenile while eight lesser whistling duck, two pond herons and two wood sandpipers.
Although the birds were recovered, but none could be arrested as the alleged bird hunters fled the scene sensing presence of the forest officials, said Rashedul Kabir Bhuiyan, a wildlife and biodiversity conservation officer of Habiganj Circle.
