Eric1949 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I've got the "snakes and other reptiles of Thailand" book, but not one on birds. Can anyone identify it? I found it on my balcony this morning, probably hit the black glass windows. It recovered after about 6 hours, and flew off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitmig Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 That's a black-backed kingfisher. Very small with stunning colors. Sent from my GT-I9300T using Thaivisa Connect App 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusG Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Check out his site Eric, I've been using it to identify the birds around my place recently. http://www.pbase.com/peterericsson/birds_of_thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric1949 Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 Thanks folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoracle Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 what a nice little bird, strange tail he has which looks almost not right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 No, the Kingfishers have a very short tail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I think Darwin would have said, evolution has made the tail short, to prevent drag diving into and coming out of the water... He certainly a cute little thing... small fish watch out!!.... the only King Fisher I've seen around is the lovely bright blue one, much larger of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I think Darwin would have said, evolution has made the tail short, to prevent drag diving into and coming out of the water... He certainly a cute little thing... small fish watch out!!.... the only King Fisher I've seen around is the lovely bright blue one, much larger of course. That one might be an Indian Roller Jimmy. Looks very much like a kingfisher - but isn't. Fooled me for a while. We have loads around here in Plai Laem. http://www.flickr.co...N04/2529844505/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Pretty sure mitmig is correct. Do an images search on Google for "black backed kingfisher". Its a dead ringer for Eric1949's lovely visitor. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 No, the Kingfishers have a very short tail How much shorter could that tail be?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evadgib Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 No, the Kingfishers have a very short tail ...& very large beaks! The White throated Kingfishers that used to* frequent the swamp around Wat Blai Laem looked almost as daft as a snow plough would if mounted on a mini:) (*I saw idiots catapulting/netting them if they stayed too long. The swamp has since been drained) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuijimmy Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I think Darwin would have said, evolution has made the tail short, to prevent drag diving into and coming out of the water... He certainly a cute little thing... small fish watch out!!.... the only King Fisher I've seen around is the lovely bright blue one, much larger of course. That one might be an Indian Roller Jimmy. Looks very much like a kingfisher - but isn't. Fooled me for a while. We have loads around here in Plai Laem. http://www.flickr.co...N04/2529844505/ Thanks Tropo, that link has a lot of pictures of Thailand birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=black+backed+kingfisher&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=V6-IUPrJBq2higfPi4CICg&sqi=2&ved=0CCMQsAQ&biw=1600&bih=775 Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I like the birds out here Bangkok birds are a bit more classy like to watch then on the sky train Sometime I do not even go anywhere just sit on the train watching the birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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