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Sunday, April 16, 2017

COMMON KINGFISHER

Subspecies taprobana, photographed March 2017
(* 885)                           COMMON KINGFISHER                  Alcedo atthis

SRI LANKA                   35   

Found in wetlands in open country and forest. 16 cm. Rather uncommon breeding resident almost throughout Sri Lanka, but rare in higher hills.