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Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher/Three-toed Kingfisher

Ceyx erithaca

Photo by Bhagya Herath
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

small, red and yellow kingfisher, averaging 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, yellow underparts with glowing bluish-black upperparts. This is a widespread resident of lowland forest, endemic across much of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Habitat:

This sleepy beauty was captured late evening in my home garden

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Comments (32)
Tania18
What a cute bird is this ...
Dilan Chathuranga
Excellent Bhagya!!Congrats!I don't know that your has been selected as SOTD yesterday!!
Bhagya Herath
Thank you dear friends armadeus.4, Joshua Asel, MacChristiansen, Pradeep Kumar, LaurenZarate, Wild Things and Nuwan..... :) :)
Liana
Congratulations on SOTD Bhagya. Well deserved :)
KarenL
Congrats Bhagya, your dazzling jewel-colored kingfisher is our Spotting of the Day! The oriental dwarf kingfisher is endemic across much of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10154449460635603/?type=1; Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/497217495799848960
Bhagya Herath
Thanks duttagupta35504 my birdy dream for a long time too .... finally came true... you will also succeed one day ..... =D
duttagupta35504
Oh wow! Lucky you-- I've been wanting to see this one for ages!
Adarsha B S
Such a cute birdie Bhagi :) Elegant, excellent...:)
Liana
What a gorgeous little bird! Great spotting Bhagya :D
sunnyjosef
Excellent find Bhagya.. A little jewel!
Bhagya Herath
Thanks a lot Neil..... yep this little fellow reminds me of a rainbow ....
Bhagya Herath
Thank you so much Sau, Dilan and Chamalka ..... at last Iv captured my dream birdy..... =D =D
Neil Ross
What an extraordinary kingfisher. I've never seen this particular species before, so this is a great introduction. Beautiful photos, too. Living art!!

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PublishedAugust 2, 2014

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