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'''Alternative name: Glittering Kingfisher''' | '''Alternative name: Glittering Kingfisher''' | ||
;[[:Category:Caridonax|Caridonax]] fulgidus | ;[[:Category:Caridonax|Caridonax]] fulgidus | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
30cm. Blue-black above, white below and on rump, bright red bill, feet and eye ring, deep orange iris. | 30cm. Blue-black above, white below and on rump, bright red bill, feet and eye ring, deep orange iris. | ||
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=381&Bird_Image_ID=10736&Bird_Family_ID=77 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=381&Bird_Image_ID=10736&Bird_Family_ID=77 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
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Revision as of 10:37, 4 November 2008
Alternative name: Glittering Kingfisher
- Caridonax fulgidus
Identification
30cm. Blue-black above, white below and on rump, bright red bill, feet and eye ring, deep orange iris.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Caridonax fulgidus has two subspecies:
- C. f. fulgidus; and
- C. f. gracilirostris.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and moist montanes.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects and their larvae.
They excavate a nest tunnel in an earth bank.
