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White throated kingfisher

Halcyon sps

Photo by ChimeTsetan
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Field Notes

Notes:

can it be Halcyon smyrnensis or H. fusca ?????

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White-throated Kingfisher

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Halcyon smyrnensis
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Comments (2)
ChimeTsetan
thanks alice :) @Satyen, literature says that H smyrnensis are found in north-western part of India, whereas H fusca are found in peninsular part. So can i assume that there is no such hard restrictions of their habitats as per literature???? how can we differentiate between the two?
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PublishedNovember 14, 2011

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