Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher - Vinay Shankar
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Deccan Conservation Foundation
Koppal, Karnataka, India
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Map
Map Coordinates: 15.69044, 76.056339
Age
Not specified
Sex
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Observation details

This happened to me on 25/05/2018 at 10:45 AM, when i unexpectedly looked into this wonderful, colorful small creature resting in the shade, inside the garden of our field station. This is Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca), also known as the Black-backed Kingfisher endemic to Indian sub-continent. This is a small, averaging 13 cm (5.1 in) in length, yellow underparts with glowing bluish-black upper-parts. This bird is a resident of lowland moist-forests in Western Ghats and partially migrant to eastern Himalayas during peak summer season. By the time south-west monsoons arrive in Western Ghats, this bird will fly-back from eastern Himalayas. I was very lucky to see this and get a record shot of this rare bird during it's pit stop in the central Deccan which is off semi-arid open landscape.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D5100
ISO
500
Focal length
300 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/9.0
Shutter speed
1/125 sec
Dimensions
4928 pixels x 3264 pixels
Original file size
5.88 MB