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Pied Kingfisher
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Sujoy Bhawal (sujoybhawal)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2012-02-25 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Canon 7D |
| Exposure: f/8, 1/500 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2013-04-17 4:50 |
| Viewed: 2550 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
One from Chobe national park.
The Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Their black and white plumage, crest and the habit of hovering over clear lakes and rivers before diving for fish makes it distinctive. Males have a double band across the breast while females have a single gorget that is often broken in the middle. They are usually found in pairs or small family parties. When perched, they often bob their head and flick up their tail.
This kingfisher is about 17 cm long and is white with a black mask, a white supercilium and black breast bands. The crest is neat and the upperparts are barred in black. Several subspecies are recognized within the broad distribution. The nominate race is found in sub-Saharan Africa, extending into West Asia. A former subspecies syriaca is considered as merely a larger northern bird of the nominate species (following Bergmann's rule). Subspecies leucomelanura is found from Afghanistan east into India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Laos. The subspecies travancoreensis of the Western Ghats is darker with the white reduced. Subspecies C. r. insignis is found in Hainan and southeastern China and has a much larger bill. Males have a narrow second breast-band while females have a single broken breast band.
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NIce and sharp image with natural colors
SM
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Hello Sujoy,
A very nicely composed photo of the kingfisher... You managed to take the photo from a good POV & with nice details.
Warm Regards,
Satirtha