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Stork Billed Kingfisher

Pelargopsis capensis

Photo by PradeepSimon
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Description:

The Stork-billed Kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia

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Stork-billed Kingfisher

Pelargopsis capensis

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