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Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo christata

Photo by AndrewIreland
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Found in Duba Plains in the Okavango Delta. They tend to perch on vertical stalks of marsh grass, as the picture shows.

Habitat:

marshland

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PublishedMay 15, 2011

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