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Ceryle rudis
Pied kingfisher is a resident bird usually found in marshes, lagoons, mangroves, slow flowing rivers and tanks of low country. It is common in coastal areas. It feeds mainly on fish and other aquatic animals catch by hovering over the water surface and suddenly plunging into prey and emerge with it a moment later. It lives in pairs and breeds during March – May in a burrow dig into the bank of a river.
Near a tank - Yala National Park
Spotted on Aug 15, 2015
Submitted on Aug 15, 2015
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A 'tank' in Sri Lanka is a large, open, man-made reservoir of water - a 'temple tank' ??