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Ringed kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

large kingfisher

Habitat:

Rio Cuiaba

Notes:

saw a lot of these kingfishers while canoeing the Cuiaba river

Reference Links:

Ringed Kingfisher

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Comments (1)
MitchRay
Saw one of these guys here in the States a week ago. I chased that sucker for a quarter-mile without getting a single photo

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