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Stork-billed kingfisher
petersheikhli

Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis/Halcyon capensis)

Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis/Halcyon capensis) taken from a boat, hot humid day, not difficult to see these birds they are magnificent in flight, stunning colour.
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Habitat
Oxbow lake
Location
Kinabatangan river Borneo
Date taken
June 2006
Scientific name
Pelargopsis/Halcyon capensis
Equipment used
d70 + zeiss scope
Andy Bright
Staff member
A super Kingfisher, always nice to see this one pop in the galleries. Could you watch the physical size of your images, they are too large, anything over 900pix heigh and unpleasant things start happening, usually a reduction in quality of the image.
 
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Love these birds and this is excellent,funny I never saw a single on when I was in Borneo.
 

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Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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