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White Breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Photo by Atul
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Description:

very attractive bird with a brilliant blue colored back and a white chest patch mixed with brown.,has a long red colored beak .great hunter catches fish with a great technique .once the fish is caught it takes it on a perch and then eats it

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Comments (10)

you will Viv, its just patience that is needed and these birds are very cooperative .
Wish I could get a good photo of these Kingfishers Atul. I've seen a few recently but can't get close enough : ) Guess I will have to get a camera with a better zoom
thank you too Elsa
Thank you very much for that very kind compliment! Made my day! :) You've got some pretty cool ones yourself!
thanks elsa u have posted loads of good snaps as well n personally a fan of ur spottings
thanks mitch u know what man i just love to watch these guys unfortunately though havent had the luck to see their nesting sites we have a few varieties of kingfishers in india

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PublishedJuly 11, 2011

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