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Kingfisher - White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Photo by Karan Raghwa
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Description:

Chestnut-brown head, neck and underbody below breast; bright turquoise-blue above; black flight feathers with white wing patch visible in flight; white chin, throat and breast; coral-red beak and legs
Sexes alike
Photo taken at Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan, India

Habitat:

Forest; lakes; riversides, also in coastal mangroves and estuaries

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