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Corythornis cristatus
The dark bill makes this a juvenile.
At first glance it looks like the Eurasian Kingfisher but it does not have a blue cheek patch below the eye. The ranges of the two species do not overlap, being separated by the Sahara.
Marievale Bird Sanctuary Provincial Nature Reserve.
Spotted on Mar 13, 2008
Submitted on Feb 7, 2014
9 Comments
Superb catch, Malcom!
Kingfishers are just such wonders of nature. Very beautiful images.
wonderful series :)
beautiful series!@
Wow, what a beauty! Great spotting and series, Malcolm.
Thank you all for the nice comments.
Wonderful series.
Beautiful series Malcolm,amazing bird,great collours,congrats and thanks for sharing
Nice series, Malcolm.