Kingfishers: the difference between a male and a female

Tuesday 5 February 2019, 23:23 by Harry Kiewiet | 36,275 views | 3 comments

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Kingfishers are beautiful birds to photograph. In this short article, I show with two photos how you can tell the difference between a male and a female.

The female (photo 1) has an orange patch on the underside of her beak. This can extend across the entire underside of the beak. The male (photo 2) has a completely black beak.

Kingfisher, female
Shutter speed 1/125, f/4 at ISO 250
standard / daylight / al servo / spot metering / single silent continuous shot / jpeg / M mode

Kingfisher, male

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Harry is een selfmade vogelfotograaf. Hij is coördinator van de ijsvogelwerkgroep en vrijwilliger in de weidevogelwerkgroep van natuur- en milieuvereniging 'Het Stroomdal' in Drenthe. Hij wil graag in zijn artikelen met tips & tricks laten zien hoe zijn foto's tot stand zijn gekomen.

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3 comments

maarten wrote on Wednesday 6 February 2019 at 00:48 | reply
Hallo Harry,

Bedankt voor het delen van deze mooie foto's! Mag ik vragen waar je de foto's van deze ijsvogels hebt genomen?

Groet,
Maarten
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Harry Kiewiet wrote on Wednesday 6 February 2019 at 10:42 | reply
Hallo Maarten,

De foto's zijn gemaakt in Drenthe de exacte locatie wordt niet openbaar, hopelijk heb je begrip hiervoor.
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N. Kiewiet wrote on Thursday 7 February 2019 at 18:31 | reply
Top! Verschil is goed te zien op de foto's.
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