Malaysia
Sabah, Borneo
Collared Kingfisher
14 subspecies described...small crabs
are a favoured food...also eats insects,
worms, snails, shrimps, frogs, lizards,
small fish...also small birds.
are a favoured food...also eats insects,
worms, snails, shrimps, frogs, lizards,
small fish...also small birds.
Todiramphus chloris
laubmannianus
laubmannianus
(L 8.7-11.4" Wt 1.8-3.2 oz)
Kota Kinabalu
25Jul2018
© Peter
Boesman
Boesman
xeno-canto
Todus means small bird;
ramphos is Greek for bill;
chloris is Greek for green.
chloris is Greek for green.
The kingfisher rises out of the black wave
like a blue flower, in his beak
he carries a silver leaf. I think this is
the prettiest world — so long as you don’t mind
a little dying….
(Mary Oliver)
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