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Little Kingfisher. 11.5cm in length makes this little kingfisher the smallest for Australia and extreamly hard to photograph as its habitat is in very dark mangrove creeks infested with millions of biting mosquitoes and the odd croc. Australia,Ceyx pusillus,Geotagged,Little kingfisher,Spring

Little Kingfisher.

11.5cm in length makes this little kingfisher the smallest for Australia and extreamly hard to photograph as its habitat is in very dark mangrove creeks infested with millions of biting mosquitoes and the odd croc.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Amazingly bright, what a species! Posted 9 years ago
1. Back Water Fox
  
  Lion
  
  One of my favourites and one of the hardest get a decent image of. Thanks Ferdy. Posted 9 years ago

RMFelix

Lion

...O.O... beautiful color balance! Love this shot, cheers! Posted 9 years ago
1. Back Water Fox
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks RM hard to imagine they are the same size as a golf ball. Posted 9 years ago

Claire Hamilton

Lion

Fabulous colour, well captured!
I think you may need to change the date on your camera, it shows you posted this photo before you took it! :) Posted 9 years ago

Barry

Lion

I can only add my amazement to the others - brilliant! Posted 8 years ago

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The Little kingfisher

The little kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae.

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Similar species: Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Rollers

Species identified by Back Water Fox

By Back Water Fox

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Uploaded Jun 29, 2016. Captured Oct 14, 2016 18:35 in Mutee Heads Rd, Injinoo QLD 4876, Australia.

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Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
f/5.6
1/197s
ISO1000
700mm

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