Common Kingfisher

Common Kingfisher
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Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a widespread but scarce resident in India. Size: 16 cm.
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Common Kingfisher
Both Sexes
Bright blue upper parts and orange-red under parts.
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Common kingfisher,
Eurasian kingfisher,
River kingfisher
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The Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a fairly common kingfisher in the woodland habitats it prefers in southern Africa. Its loud vocalization is one of the characteristic calls that may be heard regularly when one is nearby.

Europe and North America north of Mexico are very poorly represented with only one common kingfisher (Common Kingfisher and Belted Kingfisher respectively), ...

See also: Kingfisher, Kingfish, Swallow, Sparrow, Purple