CORACIIFORMES: Halcyonidae

Syma torotoro  

Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)
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© Geoff Walker 2015
Iron Range National Park, QLD (Jan, 2015)

This male Yellow-billed Kingfisher is feeding a chick in a hollow made in a termite nest in a tree. The nest is about two metres off the ground and we kept well clear of it so as not to disturb the birds. The Yellow-billed Kingfisher has a skink in its bill.

Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)

Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)

Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)

Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)

Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)

Yellow-billed Kingfisher

Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)

Yellow-billed Kingfisher