Botswana

Tags:   Woodland Kingfisher African Birds Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

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Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Tags:   American Pygmy Kingfisher Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) North American Birds Neotropical Birds Vertabrates (Chordata) Birds ( Class Aves) Animals

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Botswana

Tags:   Pied Kingfisher African Birds Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

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Alcedo Atthis. Since this is a match to Don's Belted Kingfisher, I have included the latin name. I had seen a flash of this bird on three different occasions. This time, I was in a blind and it landed right in front of us for a couple of minutes. Albufera de Valencia, Spain

Tags:   Common Kingfisher Spanish Birds 2017 2018 bird

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As I go through my archives, I find all sorts of interesting things. The Woodland Kingfisher that has this readily identifiable bi-colored beak is also supposed to have black legs and a blue head and shoulders. It looks like this is a hybrid with a Mangrove Kingfisher that lives 1200 km away on the east coast of Africa. Talk about a long distance relationship! Then again, it might be a hybrid with a Grey Headed Kingfisher, but that is less exciting.

Tags:   Woodland Kingfisher African Birds Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Woodland x Mangrove Kingfisher Hybrid Mangrove Kingfisher Kingfisher Hybrid Hybrid Okavango

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