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This Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis malaccensiswas) was harassed by a White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra) who interrupted it’s dive for fish and also chased it away. Amar-Singh HSS (Dato’ Dr) […]
Spotted a pair of White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra) bathing in a pool of water. They would hover in the air and then plunge down into the puddle. One would […]
Quite a number of White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra) are breeding in the city and using man-made holes, especially blocked drainage holes. Note mud-stained beak in the above image. We wonder […]
Spotted this juvenile White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra) that was being fed by an adult in the neighbourhood. Note the barred breast in the juvenile (above) and darker bill (below: face […]
The laughing kookaburra is also known as the laughing jackass in Australia. Wong Kais took a video of one such bird on the sidewalk of Adelaide North Terrace. It looked […]
Saw a single male Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella pulchella) at this location in dense primary forest and heard the advertising calls a number of times. The call is described as […]
Jkai Chan’s video of a White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) mobbing a large Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) shows to what extent the kingfisher will do to defend its active nest. […]
![K'fisherCom [AngSiewSiew]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/KfisherCom-AngSiewSiew-q8df3to0xcxcymkf8ftuics5reqjc92w98fncf9wts.jpg "K’fisherCom [AngSiewSiew]")
“A dream come true to see two Common Kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) together,” wrote Ang Siew Siew. “They seemed to take turns to bob their heads up and down. Or were […]
![KingfisherBC-crab [AlfredNg] (2)](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/KingfisherBC-crab-AlfredNg-2-q8dfct0i8d7zwhiqsblic36q3ygsw4qk5ouoflyhdc.jpg "KingfisherBC-crab [AlfredNg] (2)")
Alfred Ng was at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve in November 2019 when he encountered a Blackcapped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) hovering above the intertidal zone before plunging down to pick […]
![K'fisherWT-ct [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/KfisherWT-ct-AmarSingh-q8df3hg4gigmrp267sjp3xv61eerk6qdvjyc3ts12o.jpg "K’fisherWT-ct [AmarSingh]")
“As part of the courtship display, the presumed male White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra) spreads out the wings repeatedly for 1-3 seconds. This is repeated a number of times. There […]
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