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.




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