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White-Throated Kingfisher
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I would said it's a very shy and timid bird, I have to hide myself behind a tree away from it vision inorder to capture this photo.
White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
Main features: Medium (28cm); throat and breast white, but no white collar; head and rest of underparts chocolate brown. Wings, tail and back turquoise; bill large (6-7cm), red; feet red.
Female: brown parts not so dark.
Juvenile: Duller; bill initially dark; fine dark scallops on white breast; lesser wing-coverts mottled black.
Call: Described as a loud shrill whinnying kek-kek which trails off; a harsh repeated klip; a piercing staccato laugh.
In flight: Blue with wing tips black; white patch at base of primaries;
Similar birds:
Collared Kingfisher (H./Todirhamphus chloris) has white collar; black bill and feet; blue cap; no brown underparts; in flight uniformly blue upperparts.
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) has white collar, black cap. in flight appears similar.
Status in Singapore: Common resident throughout the island and North and South offshore islands. |
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Great colors and composition here, Ang, as well as a useful note. You've position bird on branch quite nicely, and the look-him-in-the-eye point of view is just right. It does seem a little soft. Let me see what I can do with a workshop.
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