Hello,
I'm an American birder who is "doing" Queensland this year, and I would like
some help with the identification of a couple of Kingfishers I saw
yesterday. The location was the valley leading to the Big Crystal Creek
camping area,
between Paluma and the Bruce Highway - that is, between Townsville and
Ingham in Queensland.
They seemed very small to me, and I think they are Little Kingfishers, but I
have never seen a Little Kingfisher before, and I know they are pretty
uncommon. I haven't heard of them being seen in that area, either. The other
possibility is Forest Kingfisher, but I have only seen them once before, so I
am
not familiar with them either.
My reasons for thinking they are Little Kingfishers are the size (always
hard to judge, though, when there aren't other birds around to compare them
to),
the shape of the head, and the lack of any white on the back of the neck. I
also could not discern any black eye stripe, either with binoculars or in
the images.
The images aren't the greatest, but I only have a point and shoot camera,
and they were up on wires, so not very close. I would appreciate any opinions
as to the species.
The images can be seen at www.barry15.com/2008_Trip/Kingfishers . Click on
a thumbnail to see an 800x600 cropped image. Thanks very much for any help.
My internet access isn't great right now, but I should be able to check for
any replies in a day or so.
Barry Brugman
USA
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