Rolf Nussbaumer / White throated kingfisher {Halcyon smyrnensis gularis} Philippines.

Bernard Castelein / White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Bernard Castelein / White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), Keoladeo NP, Bharatpur, India

Graeme Guy/ BIA / White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) pair courting, Penang, Malaysia

Graeme Guy/ BIA / White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) displaying, Penang, Malaysia

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sebastian Kennerknecht / White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) with frog prey, Diyasaru Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Chris Gomersall / White-throated or Smyrna kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) perched in papyrus sedge (Cyperus papyrus), and photographed against the morning sun. Hula Valley, Israel. January

Graeme Guy/ BIA / White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) displaying, Pahang, Malaysia

Mathias Schaef/ BIA / White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), Israel

Graeme Guy/ BIA / White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) pair, Malaysia

Ernie Janes / White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.