Tag: kingfisher
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Kingfishers from Indonesia
In English, kingfishers are surprisingly covering birds that are actually fishing fish prey, and (very similar in appearance) birds that are hunting on insects and ground prey (French has two different names for them: martins-pêcheurs and martins-chasseurs). Unsurprisingly they leave in different biotopes (river sides and forests). One of the most attractive aspects of these…
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Brown-hooded kingfisher
Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Martin-chasseur à tête brune Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.