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Crested
Kingfisher |
Megaceryle
lugubris |
| Possible
regional races (polytypic)
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-M. l. continentalis |
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-M.
l. guttulata |
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| Megaceryle lugubris continentalis |
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It
has only been found in the Himalayas, frequenting wooded streams and
rivers, and living exclusively on fish. It watches from a fixed perch,
and darts down generally obliquely on its prey, not hovering, like
its congener of the plains. I saw it near Darjeeling, up to 5,000
feet of elevation.
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