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🌏 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

The Stork-billed Kingfisher is a very large kingfisher with a massive, bright red bill, green back, blue wings/tail, and a brown head with orange-buff neck and underparts. It is distributed across the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, preferring well-wooded habitats near water (rivers, lakes, coasts). It is a sedentary, sit-and-wait predator, perching quietly to hunt fish, crabs, frogs, rodents, and young birds. It is also highly territorial. Thirteen subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Fun fact: During courtship, the male may perform a display called "Sky-pointing," where it holds its body vertically with its huge bill pointed straight up to the heavens.

📷: Photo by josibo via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-kingfisher-ornithology-species-6814909/

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