Image
details
Canon equipment
Location: Kokan (Konkan), Maharashtra/Karnataka
Date: September 2007
Shoot details
For very long
time I wanted to see this illusive, enchantingly colorful, tiny forest
kingfisher. I got information from my friend that these tiny kingfishers
were seen in one small village in kokan. That day it was raining like
hell and getting to see the bird itself was not possible, forget taking
any pictures. But I waited for few hours and rain also obliged and the
bird also obliged.
Species details
The Oriental
Dwarf is our smallest kingfisher at 13cms. A bird usually
associated with woodland streams, most recent records come from the ghats and Konkan area in south-western India. The bird in the image is
presumably a female though sexes are very similar and hard to
differentiate.
A
Birds of India presentation
