Birding

A Few Kingfishers

August 6, 2020 by Kai Pflug 2 Comments

In a way, kingfishers may be the poor man`s pittas – almost as colorful and exciting, but much easier to observe. Here are some that I have seen in the past few years.

African Pygmy Kingfisher (Mkuze, South Africa, Nov 2018)

Belted Kingfisher (Reno, USA, Jan 2015)

Black-capped Kingfisher (Nanhui, China, May 2018)

Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Bateleur and Mkuze, Nov 2018)

Collared Kingfisher (Brisbane, Australia, Jan 2017)

Common Kingfisher (Mumbai, India, Feb 2019 and Nanhui, China,  Apr 2020)

Crested Kingfisher (HongAn, China, Jun 2015)


Malachite Kingfisher (Cape Town and Pafuri, South Africa, Nov 2018)

 

Pied Kingfisher (Skukuza, South Africa, Nov 2018 and Nanhui, China, Jul 2020)

Red-backed Kingfisher (Alice Springs, Australia,  Dec 2016)

Ruddy Kingfisher (Singapore, Nov 2015)

Rufous-collared Kingfisher (Taman Negara, Malaysia, Nov 2019)

Sacred Kingfisher (Brisbane, Australia, Dec 2016)

Stork-billed Kingfisher (Singapore, Nov 2015 and Taman Negara, Malaysia, Nov 2019)

White-throated Kingfisher (Delhi and Mumbai, India, Feb and Apr 2019; Nabang, China, Mar 2017; Singapore, Nov 2015)

Written by Kai Pflug
Kai has lived in Shanghai for 21 years. He only started birding after moving to China, so he is far more familiar with Chinese birds than the ones back in his native Germany. As a birder, he considers himself strictly average and tries to make up for it with photography, which he shares on a separate website. Alas, most of the photos are pretty average as well.He hopes that few clients of his consulting firm—focused on China’s chemical industry—ever find this blog, as it might raise questions about his professional priorities. Much of his time is spent either editing posts for 10,000 Birds or cleaning the litter boxes of his numerous indoor cats. He occasionally considers writing a piece comparing the two activities.