Malachite Kingfisher (South Africa)

[John Deakin]

Taken at Langvlei, Wilderness National Park, close to our home on the Southern Coast of South Africa. They are very beautiful birds, I hope I have done this one justice :), your comments are very welcome, john

[aligater]

Very nice John,you certainly captured this one wonderfully.Similar to the ones in the UK, how do you tell male / female,over here male has an all black beak and the female`s beak has a black upper and a red bottom.

[John Deakin]

Thanks aligator, a lot more vivid blue on ours, sexes are alike, juv's have black beaks changing to orange/red when approaching adulthood, john

[hTr]

Great Capture John

[Box Brownie]

What a stunning bird and the matching beak and feet, ready for a date.

But when you said a Malachite I was expecting a green colour??? A little like the Malachite Sunbird.

[John Deakin]

Thanks very much Gary, BB, sorry to disappoint on the colours BB, these are true to life I'm affraid :) john

[dpastern]

Colourful bird, nice capture.

Dave

[Peepaw]

WOW John, such a colorful little bird, very nice.

[ajosteve]

Beautiful shot of an amazing bird...very nice...steve

[John Deakin]

Dave, Scott and ajosteve, thanks for the kind comments on this little South African beauty, always appreciated, john

[Sindri Skulason]

Very good shot with beautiful vivid colours. :-)

[John Deakin]

Thanks for looking through my images Sindri, (this is one of my favourites and hangs on our dining room wall very large :) ) your comments are very welcome and appreciated, john

[downywp]

Beautiful shot, so much more colourful than our Belted and Green Kingfishers in the US.:)

[John Deakin]

Thanks downywp, they are our most colourful KF in SA, its an honour to be able to be so close to them, john