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Small and brightly coloured typical kingfisher, azure-blue above and bright rufous bellow.
Seen in totally urban and densely populated Cox's Bazar, fishing in small ponds.
Spotted on Mar 2, 2019
Submitted on Mar 2, 2019
8 Comments
Thank you all, it's a great pleasure.
Congrats, Zlatan!
Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
Wow. Good one.
Many thanks all for your comments, and especially Sukanya for the Bangla name...
In Bangla the generic term is Machranga {Mach (fish) and Ranga (colourful) } for all kingfishers....thought you might like knowing the local name...seeing the post is from Bangla desh!
Such lovely pictures.
Awesome series Zlatan!