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Common Kingfisher – Specimen 1 – ssp. bengalensis – Male

Details

Subspecies: Alcedo atthis bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-090001

Date: 16 June 2022
Gender: Male
Location: Sardarnagar, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Reason for death: Unknown

Overall

Weight: 13 gm
Wingspan: 247 mm
One wing: 104 mm
Body Length with tail: 145 mm
Tail Length: 29 mm
Primary Projection: 9.2 mm
Wing-to-tail: 11.5 mm

Head & Beak

Head Length: 58.3 mm
Head Width: 14.6 mm
Beak Length: 31.3 mm
Beak Width: 5.6 mm
Gape Length: 43.2 mm
Gape Width: 11.9 mm

Legs

Femur: 13.7 mm
Tibiotarsus: 22.8 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 6.3 mm
Digit 1: 5.1 mm
Digit 2: 4.8 mm
Digit 3: 11.1 mm
Digit 4: 10.9 mm
Talon 1: 3.2 mm
Talon 2: 2.8 mm
Talon 3: 4.8 mm
Talon 4: 2.9 mm

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