Location
Rio Panica, Guanacaste
Costa Rica
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/8, ISO 640
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae
Deutsch Rotbrustfischer Dutch Amerikaanse Reuzenijsvogel
Italian Martin pescatore neotropicale Spanish Martín Gigante Neotropical
Comments
A large kingfisher with a white collar. The male has rufous breast and belly while the female has a slate-blue chest-band above a white line and a rufous belly. This female has captured a lizzard, part of its diet, together with crabs and fish. Il will swallow its prey head first.
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| 29/03/2010 |
Ringed Kingfisher female |
Micheline JACQUEMIN
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