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Dollarbird 30 cm. It is dark brown with a bluish-green sheen on the back and wing coverts. It has glossy bright blue colouring on its throat and undertail. Its flight feathers are a darker blue. Its bill is short and wide and in mature animals is coloured orange-red with a black tip. It has very light blue patches on the outer parts of its wings which are highly visible in flight and for which it is named.<br />
Habitat:<br />
Seen often in the area of Sukau, always at the top of very tall trees.  Dollarbird,Eurystomus orientalis,Fall,Geotagged,Malaysia Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Dollarbird

30 cm. It is dark brown with a bluish-green sheen on the back and wing coverts. It has glossy bright blue colouring on its throat and undertail. Its flight feathers are a darker blue. Its bill is short and wide and in mature animals is coloured orange-red with a black tip. It has very light blue patches on the outer parts of its wings which are highly visible in flight and for which it is named.
Habitat:
Seen often in the area of Sukau, always at the top of very tall trees.

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The dollarbird is a bird of the roller family, so named because of the distinctive blue coin-shaped spots on its wings. It can be found in south-west Pacific and east Asia from northern Australia to the Japan archipelago and India.

Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Aug 8, 2016. Captured Sep 25, 2015 09:44 in Jalan Kampung Sukau, Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • NIKON D7000
  • f/8.0
  • 10/5000s
  • ISO100
  • 300mm