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Collared Kingfisher (5/13)
CORACIIFORMES: Halcyonidae
Todiramphus chloris
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© Vik Dunis 2012
Nudgee Beach, QLD (Jul, 2012)
- Total Photos13
- Larry4 [4]
- Vik3 [3]
- Geoff4 [4]
- Kay2 [2]
A Collared Kingfisher with crab.
The crab has been tossed around to turn it over, smashed against the tree branch (the wet spots to the right of the kingfisher), and will shortly be swallowed whole.
A little while later the kingfisher will retch with bill wide, as if yawning, and expel the crab shell minus the digested contents.
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Crab sandwich
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher with crab
Collared Kingfisher