Showing posts with label White-throated Kingfisher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label White-throated Kingfisher. Show all posts

Saturday, June 3, 2017

WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017
(*  332)                 WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER              Halcyon smyrnensis

MALAYSIA              33

Found in a wide variety of habitats near human habitation, such as mangroves, agricultural areas, plantations, gardens and urban areas. 28 cm. The most common resident kingfisher throughout Malaysia.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER

Photographed in Sri Lanka, March 2017
(*  332)                    WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER                 Halcyon smyrnensis

SRI LANKA                9

Found in open country, cultivation, gardens and wetlands. 28 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka.



Tuesday, November 15, 2016

WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER

Photographed in Singapore November 2016
(see   332)            WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER            Halcyon smyrnensis

SINGAPORE           (20)

Also known the White-breasted Kingfisher and Smyrna Kingfisher. Ranges in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, West Asia east through the Indian subcontinent to Philippines. Can be found well away from water, feeding on small lizards, amphibians, crabs, and small rodents. 28 cm.




Monday, November 10, 2014

WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER



332            WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER            Halcyon smyrnensis

Nepal           (9)

Also known the White-breasted Kingfisher and Smyrna Kingfisher. Ranges in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, West Asia east through the Indian subcontinent to Philippines. Can be found well away from water, feeding on small lizards, amphibians, crabs, and small rodents. 28 cm.