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giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
Usually we only had fleeting views of this shy species. This is a female showing the chestnut coloration extending from the breast down onto the belly. Males have chestnut confined to the chest. As its name implies, this is the largest kingfisher in Africa ranging from 16.5" to 18" in length. If...- jmorlan
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- botswana giant kingfisher megaceryle maxima
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- Category: Africa
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Himalayas - 612
Himalayas - 612 A full frame frontal closeup of the male of this mega-sized Kingfisher ... with genus name Megaceryle ... The rufous on the throat/ breast is the give away in largely similar male and female ... _________ Kainch Ashram Uttarakhand Himalayas India- aloktewari
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- altitude 4800 feet crested kingfisher giant kingfisher himalayan river shipra india kingfisher megaceryle lugubris nainital uttarakhand himalayas
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Himalayas - 611
Himalayas - 611 At 44 cm ... ... arguably the largest among Kingfishers along with very similar looking African species ... (Giant Kingfisher) The ... Crested Kingfisher ___________ Perche on a tree hanging over the Himalayan River called Shipra ... ________ Kainch Ashram Uttarakhand...- aloktewari
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- altitude 4800 feet crested kingfisher giant kingfisher himalayan river shipra india largest kingfisher megaceryle lugubris nainital river uttarakhand himalayas
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Giant Kingfisher
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- ethiopia giant kingfisher megaceryle maxima
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- Category: Africa
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Giant Kingfisher ♂.JPG
With a size of 42–46 cm this is the biggest Kingfisher in Africa- volker sthamer
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- giant kingfisher megaceryle maxima selous game reserve tanzania
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Giant Kingfisher.jpg
My first time to see a Giant Kingfisher. This one was sitting on an electric wire over the Congo river where I tried all I could to photograph it.- Nick Muri
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- giant kingfisher kenya megaceryle maxima
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- Category: Africa
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Giant Kingfisher
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- giant kingfisher murchison falls nationalpark uganda victoria nile
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1 - Giant kingfisher with a big meal
Sorry I haven't done my browsing yet, and now it's late. I have to finish my last cuppa and get to bed. I'll try to catch up tomorrow after our museum round, or failing that, the next day between flights and after I get home. Meanwhile, here's a series about another of my Kruger lifers. Gavin...- Doc Duck
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2 - Still working on that terrapin
The kingfisher did a lot of bashing and turning the terrapin before he managed to swallow it.- Doc Duck
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3 - Digesting
Even just digesting a terrapin must be hard work when it's been swallowed whole, shell and all- Doc Duck
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
Gambia November 2016- d.flack
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
- Nerja Rob
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- giant kingfisher megaceryle maxima
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Giant Kingfisher female ETH SER
This largest of kingfisher species, ~43 cm long, sits on the edge of a metal roof of a fisherman's shack at water's edge.- rdavis
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- awasa lake ethiopia giant kingfisher hawasa
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- Category: Africa
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Giant Kingfisher
- d.flack
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
I got this photo after this cool bird slapped a fish on a bridge and gulped it down. I wish I got the tail feathers in...my bad- cmessineo
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- giant kingfisher
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- Category: Africa
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Giant Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher- marko.marais
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
Very impressive. Lives up to its name.- colincurry
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher female- nick scarle
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- giant kingfisher megaceryle maxima
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Largest Kingfisher
...in Africa, is the Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima). I took this picture in the last trip that I did with Whitehawk to the friendly country of Senegal. Lovely boat rides with plenty of photographic opportunities!- Yeray
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- giant kingfisher megaceryle maxima senegal
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Giant Kingfisher
- George Koninis
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Giant Kingfisher
- bob freeman
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
Common resident. Largest member of the Kingfisher family.- George Koninis
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- giant kingfisher
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Giant Kingfisher
Watching and waiting for an unsuspecting fish.- Paul Tiller
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- giant kingfisher south luangwa zambia
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giant kingfisher
female waiting for her husband- bolkenbaas
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- giant kingfisher
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- Category: Africa