Kingfisher, Malachite
Roberts No: 431Small waterside kingfisher with red bill, black in juvenile. Crown banded black and green-blue, rump azure-blue, throat white, cheeks and underparts rufous. Occasionally seen perching in vegetation on the water’s edge of Leisure Isle searching for fish, aquatic insects, small crustaceans, tadpoles, small frogs and lizards.
Family Name:
Corythornis cristata
Common Name:
Kingfisher, Malachite
Size:
13 to 14 cm
Status:
Resident
Food:
fish, aquatic insects, small crustaceans, tadpoles, small frogs and lizards.
Kingfisher, Malachite
Family Name: Corythornis cristataCommon Name: Kingfisher, Malachite
Roberts No: 431
13 to 14 cm Resident fish, aquatic insects, small crustaceans, tadpoles, small frogs and lizards.
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