Fig 1 : Blue-eared Kingfisher - female
Fig 2 : Black-backed Kingfisher
Fig 3 : Rufous-backed Kingfisher
Fig 4 : Rufous-backed Kingfisher
Fig 5 : Common Kingfisher - male
Fig 6 : Azure Kingfisher
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Fig 1 :
Blue-eared Kingfisher - female
Alcedo meninting
Location : Central forests, Singapore
Habitat : Freshwater swamp forest
Fig 2 :
Black-backed Kingfisher
Ceyx erithaca
Location : Central forests, Singapore
Habitat : Stream in lowland secondary forest
Figs 3 and 4 :
Rufous-backed Kingfisher
Ceyx rufidorsa
Location : Kledang Saiong, Perak, Peninsular Malaysia
Habitat : Stream in lowland primary forest
Fig 5 :
Common
Kingfisher - male
Alcedo atthis
Location : Kranji, Singapore
Habitat : Freshwater marshes
Fig 6 :
Azure
Kingfisher
Ceyx azureus
Location : Northern Territory, Australia
Habitat : Riverine wetlands
Notes : This is probably the northern Australia subspecies
Ceyx azureus ruficollaris. Other subspecies occur in parts of eastern
Indonesia. |
