Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) photo
An adult male (double breast-band) fishing over a brackish mangrove channel.
- Recorded 6 March 2005
- Added to IBC 2 years 10 weeks ago
- Steve Garvie
- Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp rudis).
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