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Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis), Thottada backwater, Kerala, India

This large tree kingfisher -- 35 cm from bill to tail -- was perched on a dead palm frond a considerable height above the water.

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500mm / 640th / f13 / iso400

 

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Uploaded on January 6, 2018
Taken on February 9, 2016