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White throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Photo by VincentVanur
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher or Smyrna Kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher

Habitat:

widely distributed in Eurasia from Bulgaria,Turkey, West Asia east through the Indian Subcontinent to the Philippines.

Notes:

It is a frequent visitor at my home to catch small fish from a cement tank in which grow these fish

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Biodiversity of Western Ghats (India)
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PublishedJuly 5, 2014

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