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Prefectural Natural Monument
Birds
Crested Kingfisher
Megaceryle lugubris
The Crested Kingfisher is a large kingfisher with black-and-white speckled plumage and a shaggy crest. It hunts fish in mountain streams and lakes, hovering before diving into the water, and digs nest holes in earth banks. Its habitat in Okayama and elsewhere is designated a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Megaceryle lugubris
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Okayama
- 日本語
- ヤマセミ
- 简体中文
- 冠鱼狗
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The Crested Kingfisher is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okayama.
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