There are ten species of Kingfishers to be found in Southern Africa. Five of them are aquatic species and therefore hunting mostly fish. The other five are forest species catching predominantly insects and small vertebrates.
This is one of my favorite pictures of a Brown-hooded Kingfisher, the most common forest species on Thanda Safari (the other four are Striped-, Woodland-, Pygmy-, and Grey-hooded). The five aquatic species are Malachite-, Mangrove-, Half-collared-, Giant-, and Pied-).
Technical data: Canon R6 with EF lens f4.0/500mm | ISO 100 | 1/750sec | f4 | ev+/-0 | 500mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Crop to 30% of original image
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