White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

While we were waiting in the safari Jeep for a sighting of a leopard, this Kingfisher offered a sideshow, picking up a juicy frog from the pond.

Photographed at: Bandipur, Karnataka on 2016-01-26

Family: Alcedinidae

Name in Kannada: ಗದ್ದೆ ಮಿಂಚುಳ್ಳಿ