Stork-billed kingfisher | Its voice : ke-ke-ke-ke-ke-ke

ejhaasteem (68)in #photocircle • 7 years ago

Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), is a shepherd of trees scattered throughout the region, but rarely found in tropical continents such as India and Southeast Asia.

Stork-billed kingfisher birds, settled in various environments near nearby lakes, waters, or beaches. It sits quietly while searching for food, and is regularly invisible despite its size. It is regional and is the target of other birds of prey such as eagles and other large predators. This species likes to dwell on branches, electric ropes, waiting for prey such as frogs, crabs, rats and young furry creatures.

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It is a large kingfisher, with a length of 35 cm (14 in). Adults have green backs, wings and blue tails, and dark olive heads. The bottom and neck are buffs. Big bills and legs are brilliant red.

The first formal description of the stork-billed kingfisher was by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the 12th edition of his Systema Naturae. He coined the binomial name Alcedo capensis. Linnaeus based his description on Mathurin Jacques Brisson's "Le martin-pescheur du Cap de Bonne Espérance". Brisson believed his specimen had come from the Cape of Good Hope region of South Africa. The species does not occur in Africa and it was suggested that the specimen had been obtained on the Indonesian island of Java. The specimen is now known to have come from near Chandannagar in West Bengal, India.[9][10] Linnaeus's specific epithet capensis denotes the Cape of Good Hope. The current genus Pelargopsis was introduced by the German zoologist Constantin Gloger in 1841. Read More : Wikipedia

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Although this bird has a very fascinating color, horever most people do not keep this bird, this is because his voice is very noisy. ke-ke-ke-ke-ke-ke Ah it's very disturbing.