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Select a bird from the list Ashy Prinia Ashy Woodswallow Asian Fairy bluebird Asian Koel Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Barred Buttonquail Baya Weaver Black Drongo Black-crested Bulbul Black-headed Cuckooshrike Black-hooded Oriole Black-naped Oriole Blue-bearded Bee-eater Brahminy Starling Bright-headed Cisticola Bristled Grassbird Broad-tailed Grassbird Brown Fish Owl Brown Hawk Owl Changeable Hawk Eagle Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Chestnut-tailed Starling Common Babbler Common Flameback Common Hawk Cuckoo Common Iora Common Kingfisher Common Myna Common Tailorbird Coppersmith Barbet Crested Serpent Eagle Dusky Eagle Owl Eurasian Collared Dove European Bee-eater Great Hornbill Great Tit Greater Coucal Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Green Bee-eater Grey Francolin Grey Junglefowl Grey-breasted Prinia Grey-headed Fish Eagle Heart-spotted Woodpecker Hill Myna Himalayan Bulbul Indian Bushlark Indian Grey Hornbill Indian Nightjar Indian Peafowl Indian Robin Indian Roller Indian Scimitar Babbler Indian Silverbill Jerdon's Nightjar Jungle Bush Quail Jungle Owlet Jungle Prinia Large Cuckooshrike Large Grey Babbler Large Woodshrike Large-billed Crow Lesser Florican Lesser Whistling-Duck Little Spiderhunter Malabar Grey Hornbill Malabar Parakeet Malabar Whistling Thrush Mountain Hawk Eagle Nilgiri Pipit Oriental Honey-buzzard Oriental Magpie Robin Oriental White-eye Pale-billed Flowerpecker Pied Kingfisher Puff-throated Babbler Purple Sunbird Purple-rumped Sunbird Red Avadavat Red-wattled Lapwing Red-whiskered Bulbul River Tern Rock Eagle Owl Rose-ringed Parakeet Rosy Minivet Ruddy Shelduck Rufous Treepie Rufous-tailed Lark Sarus Crane Scaly-bellied Woodpecker Scarlet Minivet Shikra Sirkeer Malkoha Small Minivet Spotted Dove Spotted Owlet Sri Lanka Frogmouth Stork-Billed Kingfisher Sykes's Lark Tawny-bellied Babbler Tickell's Blue Flycatcher White-bellied Treepie White-bellied Woodpecker White-breasted Waterhen White-browed Bulbul White-browed Fantail White-browed Wagtail White-cheeked Barbet White-crested Laughingthrush White-throated Kingfisher Yellow-billed Babbler Yellow-browed Bulbul Yellow-eyed Babbler Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Yellow-throated Bulbul Zitting Cisticola  A - D, E - H, I - L, M - P,  Q - T, U - X, Y - Z     Common Name : Common Kingfisher Scientific Name : Alcedo atthis Remarks : Also called the "Small Blue Kingfisher" this bird is a widespread Resident in India. Found near water bodies. Feeds on fish & aquatic insects.    Call 1

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