Black-backed Kingfisher
The preferred environment is small streams in thickly shaded forests.[3] In the Konkan region of southwest India, it begins to breed with the onset of the Southwest Monsoon in June. The nest is a horizontal tunnel up to a metre in measurement lengthwise. The clutch of 4-5 eggs hatches in 17 days with both the male and female incubating. The birds fledge after 20 days and a second brood may be raised if the first fails. The youthful are fed with geckos, skinks, crabs, snails, frogs, crickets and dragonflies.
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