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Crested Kingfisher
Megaceryle lugubris
31.6415, 77.4114
Field Notes
Description:
Barred black and white body with a white collar and a crest too.
Habitat:
On a large boulder in the Tirthan River, Himachal Pradesh, India. It flew over the river and crossed the balcony where I was sitting and landed on this boulder just ...absolutely just within the limits of my optical zoom!
After that we saw a pair fly past on the next two days but not once did they indulge us.
It has a loud cry but the outcry from us was louder as we pleaded with the birds to please perch..
Notes:
Another Lifer for me.
Wikipedia says, "Megaceryle is from the Ancient Greek megas, "great", and the existing genus Ceryle. The specific name lugubris is the Latin word for "mournful". I donot think it looks particularly mournful. It looks like a cheerful, chirpy type.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 24, 2018
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