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Common Name

Pied Kingfisher

Alternate Names

Common Type

Kingfisher

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Alcedinidae

Genus

Ceryle

Species

rudis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Ethiopia, Iraq

Number of Sub-Species

Five Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Streams, rivers and larger bodies of water

Distribution and Range

Widely distributed across Africa and Asia

Food

Dives from a perch or from flight into the water to seize fish or crustaceans with its bill

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Field Notes:

It can deal with prey without returning to a perch, often swallowing small prey in flight, and so can hunt over large water bodies or in estuaries that lack perches

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