乐生活Alcedo Hercules are birds of the kingfisher family of Buddhist monks. The big kingfisher with a spotted head is very similar to the ordinary kingfisher, but it has a larger individual. It is similar to the ordinary kingfisher’s Serge but has a deeper voice. The upper body is mainly black-brown, rendered blue-green, with a bright green vertical line in the center of the back, blue ear feathers, chestnut chest and abdomen, black head and neck. Usually they live alone on the branches or rocks near the water. The food is mainly small fish. They eat both crustaceans and a variety of aquatic insects and their larvae. Sometimes they also eat some vegetable food. It is distributed in northern India, Bangladesh, Sikkim, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Northern Vietnam. It is mainly distributed in southern China.
Red List of Endangered Species Ver3.1 – Nearly Endangered Species (NT) in 2013.
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