This Stork -billed Kingfisher will have to do.
A stamp from Singapore, which came to me on a Postcrossing Postcard. From Wikipedia: "The Stork-billed Kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis (formerly Halcyon capensis), is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in tropical south Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia. This kingfisher is essentially resident throughout its range. This is a very large kingfisher, 35 cm in length. The adult has a green back, blue wings and tail, and grey head. Its underparts and neck are buff. The very large bill and legs are bright red. The flight of the Stork-billed Kingfisher is laboured and flapping, but direct."
They are not common, but not considered endangered.
Viridian
Theme next week: Spring!!! If you are in the Antipodes: Fall!!!
That bird reminds me of Pinocchio.
ReplyDeleteI must have some old Irish stamps in my old stamp album, but I decided to use the "green" part of your theme.
Beautiful stamp! I've been on a big bird ephemera kick. What an impressive beak on this kingfisher.
ReplyDeleteNice stamp! Looks like a curved beak, but it has a fish at the tip. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a handsome bird and a beautiful stamp. For some reason I have always been afraid of birds - especially with long, sharp beaks like that stork-billed kingfisher.
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A beautiful bird! I thought it had a curved beak until I read the comment above. :)
ReplyDeleteMagical birds, both on the stamp and on river banks.
ReplyDeleteI finally made it to Sunday Stamps! What a gorgeous stamp - I collected ornithological stamps as a child - I'll dig some out and post them at Penny Black 1840.
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