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Colorful Kingfisher

Hello friends, TGIS- Thanks God it’s Sunday 🙌, so it’s time to say hello to lovely readers. I know year end saga has just ended so this Sunday is just for relaxation, while relaxing, I am sure that you will take out little bit of time to read this interesting blog.

About my experience with KF:

Today let me introduce Kingfisher to you; I am talking about world’s most colorful bird and not Kingfisher beer. Unfortunately Kingfisher is remembered as beer brand but not as a colorful bird which is mascot of the brand. Trust me KF is very smart fisher bird hence it is king of fishing, it’s a treat to capture litter master on camera when it is catching fish.

Let me tell you more about KF, you know how many types of KFs are there? there are as many as 114 species out of which i know around 12 types of KF of which I have captured 4, capturing KF is always fun because of its behavior, the way it gives expression or the way it initiates hunt and attacks on fish, especially Pied KF, black and white in color with little in size but when it comes to fishing its bang on target with its dancing style which is known as “Hovering”

I have enjoyed hovering of pied KF at Tadoba and Chambal it was awesome to watch, you have to follow KF till the time you get such great sighting because it is the game of very few minutes, “Nazar hati Durgatna gatti”. When Pied KF decides to go for the target it starts hovering which is like dancing on Rehman’s tune 😉 . If you want to experience such unique moments patience is the key. We run behind wild animals only while missing out on such unique opportunities, so next time when you visit forest don’t forget to capture the little king that is KF, after knowing about experience I am sure you will be eager to know more about the king, so let's move the next section for basic information.

Basic information about KF

KF is made up of beautiful blues, turquoise, greens, orange and white, it is an absolutely stunning little bird, they have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. They consume a wide range of prey usually caught by swooping down from a perch, while kingfishers are usually live near rivers and eat fish, many species live away from water and eat small invertebrates.

There are around 120 species of kingfishers found all around the world, except for the polar regions, some of them I know are: Pied KF, Common KF, Crested KF, White Breasted KF, Oriental Dwarf KF (ODKF), Brown Winged KF, Ruddy KF.

Conservation

Kingfishers are very sensitive to cold weather and a particularly harsh winter can seriously reduce kingfisher populations. Kingfisher populations fluctuate greatly because of this. However, they are not listed by the IUCN Red List.

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