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Not my best photo ever, but a first for this location
Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: ...
coraciiformes have a body temperature of ...
Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: ...
Photo take in a mangrove area near the coast , this guy is fishing early ...
Small and slender bee-eater, predominantly green with a narrow blackish gorget ...
Size about 25cm long blue wings, white body and dark head.
Small bee-eater, slightly larger than a little bee-eater and some 18cm long; ...
Medium sized black and white kingfisher, size of a Blackbird.
Rather large kingfisher, approx 30cm in length. Bright-blue wing covers, buff ...
We learnt that the Carmine Bee-eater, at this time of the season already gone ...
re a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order
Photo take in a mangrove area near the coast this is a very small bird i think ...
This is a large kingfisher, 28 cm in length. The adult has a bright blue back, ...
This is a wild Oriental pied hornbill. I was so surprised when it landed just 4 ...
Sparrow-sized bird with the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher ...
This is a small dry-land kingfisher, size of blackbird, some 15 to 18 cm in ...
This is a brightly-coloured African bee-eater, the smallest one, some 15cm in ...
Small and brightly coloured typical kingfisher, azure-blue above and bright ...
. Like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots ...
Photo take in a bicyle side road where I go jogging early mornings this one is ...
Medium sized bird, 25–32 cm long, with a 44–48 cm wingspan. It is highly ...
Medium sized bird, 25–32 cm long, with a 44–48 cm wingspan. It is highly ...
This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is ...
This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird. It is ...
This little (approx 13-14cm in length) flying gem is an aquatic kingfisher, ...
A small flying gem is an aquatic kingfisher, found close to slow flowing ...
Very small kingfisher, approx 11-12 cm in length, with large orange-red bill ...
Also known as Purple Roller, this is the biggest of rollers, growing up to 40 ...
exoskeleton. This habit is seen in many other members of the
. This habit is seen in many other members of the