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Common Kingfisher

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Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Small kingfisher. Lovely contrast of colours: blue upperparts, orange underparts and a white slash.

Habitat:

This one was spotted near a lake in Habanara, Sri Lanka. It caught a fish as I watched and ate it. Then it sat for a long time pondering whether it needed to dive again; decided against it and flew away.

Reference Links:

Common kingfisher - Wikipedia

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Comments (2)
grade-78-science6
The common kingfisher also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. love the colors and the photo quality

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PublishedFebruary 9, 2017

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