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Male Kingfisher.




Category: My Garden Birds | Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 5:10 pm

The previous image of a Kingfisher is one of the rare occasions when the female is the colorful one. The male, here, is the duller one of the two.


Male Kingfisher ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )






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gardengater wrote on Sat May 09, 2009 6:57 pm:


He's a noble bird and a gentleman to allow his female to wear the colors.




 

eileen wrote on Sat May 09, 2009 10:24 pm:


The male bird being duller than the female IS rather unusual. I wonder why this species is so different from many others?




 

Green_Numb wrote on Sun May 10, 2009 12:51 pm:


really never know there were so many varied coloured birds in the same bird families..





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