| Common Name : | White throated kingfisher, White breasted kingfisher. |
| Scientific Name : | Halcyon smyrnensis |
| Family : | Halcyonidae |
| Bengali Name : | Sada buk machhranga ( |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh |
Today I am going to write about the White-throated kingfisher bird which is also known as White-breasted kingfisher. It is native to the Asian region (lower part of Asia). Similar to the other kingfisher birds in Bangladesh, this is known as Machhranga (
White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) is a normal sized kingfisher. The back side, wing, and the tail of the bird is bright blue in color. The shoulder, head, and lower portion of the front is chestnut color. The bill is much larger in size and the color is red (sometimes near to orange). The color of the foot is also red. The throat and breast's color is white (which is the reason for its English name). Both male and female birds are similar.
Though it is a kingfisher bird, but it doesn't rely on preying only the fishes. Rather the small reptiles, crabs, earthworms, insects are also in its dieting list along with the fishes and frogs. From the report it's found that the bird sometimes try to prey on other small birds (or chicks) as well. And of course this bird is a natural expert fish catcher as it is a Kingfisher. They are accurate and extremely fast while preying. They can also hover for a short period of time on air.
As White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) is having a varied range of dieting, that's why it is also found far from the water as well. I have seen this bird at the middle of a jungle at Rema-Kalenga during my trekking. There were hardly any water near that place. They use to perch on open spaces like pole beside pond, electric wires, tree branch, etc.
White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) birds are very noisy (specially during the breeding season). They use to make nest on the earth bank which can be beside a river, pond, or any other suitable places. The other birds of prey do not bother this kingfisher for its long bill. In other word it doesn't have too many enemies.
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Photos of White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) were taken from Bangladesh as follows:
1) October 2014: Botanical Garden, Dhaka.
2) November 2014: Atkandi, Norshingdi.
3) December 2014: Kukri-Mukri, Bhola.
4) January 2015: Korapur, Barisal.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icbird.blogspot.com/
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