Stork-billed Kingfisher Bird

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Stork-billed Kingfisher Bird

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Stork-billed Kingfisher Bird (Pelargopsis capensis, formerly Halcyon capensis).

Spotted on the Kinabatangan River near Sukau (Borneo)

The small bird looked frozen with its eyes opened, probably startled by the floodlight. We were able to approach a few feet from it, silently, with a boat.

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Photo taken on August 13, 2011
Kinabatangan, Malaysia
GPS coordinates: 5.527138,118.292519 - Download KML file for Google Earth (and other mapping apps)
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