From: Kim Jinsuk <jskim@bioinfo.kordic.re.kr>
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Idenfication needed for this kingfisher - aas50706.jpg
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:03:50 +0900
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From: pardosa@hotmail.com
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Idenfication needed for this kingfisher - aas50706.jpg
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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 13:14:31 GMT
Most likely a Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala). Occurs in southern
Arabia and sub-Saharan Africa. Bill, legs and feet red ; grey head and mantle,
upper back black ; lower back, tail and wings royal purplish blue ; throat and
breast white.
Family: Alcedinidae
Order: Alcediniformes (formerly Coraciiformes)
source: G.L. MACLEAN, Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa
Pardosa
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