#009
BIRDRIVERS
Common kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
A blue flash skimming the water. It waits motionless on a low perch, then dives and comes back up with a fish in its beak.
SPRITE 009
- FAMILY
- Alcedinidae
- ORDER
- Coraciiformes
- LENGTH
- about 16 cm
- WINGSPAN
- about 25 cm
- IUCN STATUS
- LC · Least Concern
// SHOT DATA (EXIF)
- CAMERA
- SONY A7 IV
- LENS
- FE 400-800MM G
- FOCAL
- 800 MM
- APERTURE
- F/8
- SHUTTER
- 1/4000 S
- ISO
- 5000
- DATE
- 06.06.2026
- TIME
- 08:16
// WHERE
43.5° N · 11.7° ETUSCANY · AT 08:16
Coordinates rounded on purpose: the common kingfisher never signed the model release.
