P I E D K I N G F I SH E R
My Home Town ,Riverside
Grassland, Dwarka, Gujarat, India
T he
Pied Kingfisher was also known
as Lesser Pied Kingfisher and Scientific
name is Ceryle rudis. The Pied Kingfish-
er
are called ‘ KABARO KALKALIYO’ in
Gujarati. This Kingfisher is water bird
and mostly seems around the water or
water stores
place like lake, rivers etc. They are dis-
tributed in Asian countries and African
countries. They are mostly founds in
family
means in pair or more than two or more
counts. These pied kingfishers have
black and white plumage, crown and
crest are black.
The upperparts are barred in black. The
kingfisher bill is black and irises are black.
The crest is neat and the upperparts are
barred in black.
These Kingfisher are medium size
birds that longer around 9 inches and
weight is about 70 to 100g. These king-
fisher birds
mainly eats or hunts fish, crustaceans
NIKON D500 + 200-500mm E ED VR , MANUAL ,
F/6.3 , 1/640s , ISO - 400 , 500MM
and large insects like dragonfly larvae.
They are usually hunts by hovering over
the water
and diving on vertically down to capture
fish. If they did not foraging, they have a
take straight rapid flight. They can deal
with
prey without returning to perch, swal-
lowing small prey during flight, and so
can hunt over large water bodies. Some of
kingfishers,
it
is
quite
gregarious,
and
forms
large
roosts
at
night.
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