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Stork Billed King fisher

Pelargopsis capensis

Description:

Please tell me this is a dagger billed king fisher.

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Stork-billed Kingfisher
Pelargopsis capensis Stork-billed Kingfisher


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3 Comments

All Fingfishers have dagger-shaped bills, thin for those that catch mainly fish, thicker for those that catch mainly larger land prey and insects. This is how they evolved but it does not prevent them from going after whatever prey is available!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Thanks Kalee. I will take Stork billed very happily .:))

Stork billed kingfisher

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

Thrissur, Kerala, India

Spotted on Jan 2, 2013
Submitted on Jan 9, 2013

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