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Alcedo atthis
A small blue and green kingfisher with rust coloured underparts. SHort tail and long, straight and pointed beak. Normally it drops down on the kill, beak first in the water. Hovers sometimes like the pied kingfisher. Eats small fishes, tadpoles and aquatic insects. Nest is a horizontal hole dug in the bank of streams, 50 cms to a meter in length, ending in a widened egg chamber.
Near streams/rivers.
The last pic is from an old spotting.
Spotted on Oct 18, 2011
Submitted on Oct 22, 2011
6 Comments
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Gracias por la información Carolina. Traducido con traductor Google.
Acà en Chile se conoce como "Martin Pescador",se puede encontrar en la zona austral.
Thanks Sachin.
Beautifully captured,
congrats to both of you for lovely bird's spotting
Uploaded few pics from a recent spotting. Clicked by Atul using my cam as I was driving.