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RINGED KINGFISHER Megaceryle torquata
Of the five Paraguayan (and indeed South American) kingfishers, the Ringed is the Big Daddy! Three times the size of the smallest species he is capable of taking fairly large fish, beating them hard against a branch in order to stun them and remove their spines. Kingfishers nest in holes in river banks, the insides quickly becoming a stinking cesspit, swarming with flies and littered with dung and pieces of fish, yet remarkably the fledged young leave the nest with pristine plumage!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPAVE2889PH) Adult male lateral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Hemme Batjes November 2005).
FIGURE 2 - (FPAVE2890PH) Adult male ventral view, location unknown (Alberto Esquivel undated).
FIGURE 3 - (FPAVE2891PH) Adult male, Toro Pampa Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2011).
FIGURE 4 - (FPAVE2892PH) Adult female lateral view, location unknown (Frank Fragano undated).
FIGURE 5 - (FPAVE2893PH) Adult female ventral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith June 2007).
FIGURE 6 - (FPAVE2894PH) Adult female taking flight, Low Chaco, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Neil Poppendeck October 2008).
FIGURE 7 - (FPAVE2895PH) Nest burrow, Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
VIDEO A - (FPAVE2896VI) Male, Rio Negro, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith July 2011)
VIDEO B - (FPAVE2897VI) Same female as (FPAVE2893PH) (Paul Smith June 2007).
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