Indigo-banded kingfisher

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Diet and Nutrition

The indigo-banded kingfisher feeds on fish and aquatic insects. It perches on rocks and overhanging branches and foliage and dives steeply into the water to catch its prey. Once caught, it returns the prey to the perch where it is beaten and swallowed. Little is known about its breeding behaviour, although it is known to nest in tunnels dug into the banks of streams and rivers.

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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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References

1. Indigo-banded kingfisher Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo-banded_kingfisher
2. Indigo-banded kingfisher on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22726949/94936884

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