Friday, October 2, 2009

Kingfisher

Kingfisher is a fascinating bird to photo-take because of its colorful and attractive feathers. There are 13 species of Kingfisher in Malaysia. Out of the 13 species, 11 species are resident birds and 2 species are winter migrant.
After 3 years of photographing wild-birds, I managed to get 8 species. I am still pursuing for the elusive 5 (Blue Banded, Black-Backed, Rufous-Backed, Banded and Brown-Winged).


1. White-throated Kingfisher (Resident Bird)



2. Collared Kingfisher (Resident Bird)



3. Blue-Eared Kingfisher (Resident Bird)


4. Stork-Billed Kingfisher (Resident Bird)



5. Ruddy Kingfisher (Resident Bird)



6. Rufous-Collared Kingfisher (Resident Bird)



7. Common Kingfisher (Winter Migrant)



8. Black-capped Kingfisher (Winter Migrant)



Thanks for viewing

3 comments:

Choy Wai Mun said...

Kiah, great to see that you have decided to have your own blog. Keep up the good work. Great shots!

Hawkeyes a.k.a Kiah said...

Hi,

Thanks for becoming a follower of my blog. It was your blog that inspire me to start my own one.

Angad Achappa said...

Wow.. lovely series... :)
One day im going to go around the world and make a series of photographs of these littl ebeauties, and guess what, first stops gonna be Malaysia. :)
regards,
Angad