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White throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis (fusca)

Description:

Large Kingfisher (about 30cm) with a bright blue back, tail and wings, redbrown head, shoulders, flank and lower belly, white chest/throat, large red bill and red legs.

Habitat:

Near a little lunch restaurant next to the main road near Dambulla, Sri Lanka. 3.20pm

Notes:

There were some flooded fields and it was fishing its little heart out.

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Muckpuk
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Muckpuk

Sri Lanka

Spotted on Dec 24, 2014
Submitted on Jan 11, 2015

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