Female pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) perched on a mooring wire. The pied kingfisher is found throughout much of Africa, India, the Middle East and So

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Female pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) perched on a mooring wire. The pied kingfisher is found throughout much of Africa, India, the Middle East and South-East Asia. Like other kingfishers it eats fish, aquatic insects and crustaceans. Photographed at the edge of the River Nile, Crocodile Island, Luxor, Egypt.

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