Location
Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, South island
New Zealand
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 640 mm
Exposure 1/160 s, f/5.6, ISO 800
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Coraciiformes Family Alcedinidae
Deutsch Götzenliest Dutch Heilige IJsvogel
Italian Martin pescatore sacro Spanish Alción Sagrado
Comments
This Sacred Kingfisher is eating a crab, illustrating the fact that Dacelonid Kingfishers are essentially sit-and-wait predators of ground animals, varying in foraging behaviour in function of the size of their preferred prey.
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| 27/03/2011 |
Sacred Kingfisher |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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