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Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
10.2858, 79.859
Field Notes
Description:
guided missile -Kingfishers beat the reaction time of a fish by 1/50th of a second. Hunting fish from the air, it seems, is harder than it looks for ...Pied Kingfisher diving to catch fish
Habitat:
It is common throughout sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia from Turkey to India to China. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate, other than short-distance seasonal movements
Notes:
In India it is distributed mainly on the plains and is replaced in the higher hills of the Himalayas by Megaceryle lugubris.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 8, 2012
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