Black Capeed Kingfishe

[Gajanan Bapat]

At Sunderban on 18/02/2012

For Photo ID I refer Mr Atul Dhamankar Field Guide

canon 550d; lens100-400mm

f/5.6;1/500 sec; ISO-320; 400mm ; Handheld

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Lovely.Brilliant colours.wish for a slight head turn.
TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice to see this species. Agree a slight head turn would have been good. I think reducing the saturation a bit would be good. How big crop is this? Thanks for sharing.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Rare image.Its a Black-capped Kingfisher(Halcyon pileata).The colour of the black head with large contrasting red bill has come well.But not the striking purple blue upper body of the bird seen in the Sundarbans! I saw this Kingfisher on 9.4.2010.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild