Bird genealogy >> Order Coraciiformes >> Family Alcedinidae
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Location

Daintree River, North Queensland
Australia

Metadata

Make Nikon D1X
Lens Nikkor AF VR 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D   at 600 mm
Exposure 1/50 s, f/5.6, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Azurfischer Dutch  Azuurijsvogel
Italian  Martin pescatore azzurro Spanish  Martín Pescador Azur

Comments

This photo and the nine next ones illustrate the subfamily Alcedininae (the small blue and rufous species) of the Alcedinidae family. They are believed to be the original subfamily from which the two others derived.




 

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    30/04/2002

Azure Kingfisher
Ceyx azureus
Martin-pęcheur ŕ dos bleu

Jean-Michel PAULUS