Female © Charlie Bruggemann eBird S51556202 Macaulay Library ML 134468811
Male © Michael Nelson
Immature © Jack & Holly Bartholmai
Female © Matt Murphy
Male © Matt Davis
+ 6
Female © William Higgins
© Peter F
© Jay McGowan
© Shari McCollough
Female © Pat Hare

Препасково земеродно рибарче Megaceryle alcyon

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Identification

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Stocky and large-headed with a shaggy crest. Bill is long, straight, thick, and pointed. Powder blue above with white underparts and blue breast band. Females have additional rusty band across belly. Almost always solitary, perched along edges of streams, lakes, and estuaries. Flies along rivers and shorelines giving loud rattling calls. Hunts for fish by plunging headfirst into the water, either directly from a perch or hovering.

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