Hi Barry,
Definitely Forest Kingfisher. Very common to see them on wires like
that.
Little Kingfisher are more a bird of denser habitat along water. So
habitat alone would rule out Little.
When you do see a LIttle you will be amazed at how little it is even
compared to a Forest. They are also a bit greener on the back than
the Forest and don't have as much white in general.
I have a couple of shots at:
http://www.pbase.com/davidstowe/little_kingfisher
There will be better on the net with a quick google search but this
should give you a bit more of an idea.
I'm sure others could give a more detailed description of the
differences but hope this helps.
Cheers
David Stowe
On 30/09/2008, at 9:18 AM, wrote:
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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