Eurasian kingfisher, common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis bengalensis)

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Subject:	Eurasian kingfisher, common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis bengalensis)
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Description
English: An illustration of Common Kingfishers (Calcedo bengalensis=Alcedo atthis bengalensis) from Fauna Japonica
Date 1842
Source http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/siebold/fauna3/high/CRW_7123_RT8.html
Author Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Franz_von_Siebold
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calcedo_bengalensis_Fauna_Japonica.jpg

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.

Alcedo atthis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1788) breeds in southern and eastern Asia from India to Indonesia, China, Korea, Japan and eastern Mongolia; winters south to Indonesia and the Philippines. It is smaller and brighter than the European races.

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