I dont share a table with a Water Turtle. by kgb224

Photography • Animals • posted on Apr 01, 2008

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Me, my wife and kids went to Austin Roberts Bird Sanctuary.So here is some fresh pictures.Te bird that i have captured on the photo is a Giant Kingfisher.Notice there is a small water turtle on the tree beside the Giant KIngfisher. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Giant Kingfisher Conservation status Least Concern Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: Cerylidae Genus: Megaceryle Species: M. maxima Binomial name Megaceryle maxima (Pallas, 1769) The Giant Kingfisher, Megaceryle maxima, is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest. There are two subspecies, M. m. maxima, found in open country, and M. m. gigantea in the rainforest. The forest race is darker, less spotted above, and more barred below than maxima, but the two forms intergrade along the forest edge zone. Breeding is from August to January, 3-5 eggs being laid in a riverbank tunnel. Giant Kingfisher is 42-48 cm long, with a large crest and finely spotted white on black upperparts. The male has a chestnut breast band and otherwise white underparts with dark flank barring, and the female has a white-spotted black breast band and chestnut belly. The call is a loud wak wak wak This large species feeds on crabs, fish, and frogs, caught in the typical kingfisher way by a dive from a perch. The number of these birds appears to have declined, possibly as a result of pesticides.