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Small kingfisher. Lovely contrast of colours: blue upperparts, orange underparts and a white slash.
This one was spotted near a lake in Habanara, Sri Lanka. It caught a fish as I watched and ate it. Then it sat for a long time pondering whether it needed to dive again; decided against it and flew away.
Spotted on Jan 10, 2017
Submitted on Feb 9, 2017
2 Comments
Thank you, grade-78-science6
The common kingfisher also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. love the colors and the photo quality