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Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus

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Identification

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Small bright blue and deep orange kingfisher. Almost always found above water. It patrols up and down waterways and rivers from perch to perch flying very fast, and only a few meters off the water, typically making a loud high pitched "seeeeeeeep" call. Sacred Kingfisher has similar orange-buff belly, but it is a much larger bird.

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