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I was most fortunate
to have been able to see and photograph this tiny Jewel of the
Forest in May, 2007, and again in June 2008, in Malaysia. Usually
it is only seen as a speeding yellow bullet darting across your
path, very infrequently, and deep in the jungle. The parent pair
raised three young and when they fledged they were not to be
seen again. In all, we saw and photographed four different birds.
It very quickly became my favourite of all the Kingfishers.
Together with
the Black-backed
Kingfisher,
photographed in Singapore, they were previously known as Oriental
Dwarf Kingfishers.
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Leaving
its nest-hole backwards
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