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Alcedo atthis
This species has the typical short-tailed, dumpy-bodied large-headed and long-billed kingfisher shape. The adult male of the western European subspecies, A. a. ispida has green-blue upperparts with pale azure-blue back and rump, a rufous patch by the bill base, and a rufous ear-patch. It has a green-blue neck stripe, white neck blaze and throat, rufous underparts, and a black bill with some red at the base. The legs and feet are bright red
NIT lake, Inside IIM Trichy campus, Tamailnadu
Spotted on Nov 5, 2016
Submitted on Nov 5, 2016
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