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White-throated kingfisher-Halcyon smyrnensis-The White-throated Kingfisher also known as the White-breasted Kingfisher


 This is a large kingfisher, 28 cm in length.The adult has a bright blue back, wings and tail. Its head, shoulders, flanks and lower belly are chestnut, and the throat and breast are white. The large bill and legs are bright red.The flight of the White-throated Kingfisher is rapid and direct, the short rounded wings whirring. In flight, large white patches are visible on the blue and black wings.Males and females look alike, but juveniles are a duller version of the adult.

White-throated Kingfisher is a common species of a variety of habitats, mostly open country in the plains (but has been seen at 7500 ft in the Himalayas) with trees, wires or other perches. The range of the species is expanding.


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