Pied Kingfisher

The pied kingfisher  is a medium sized water kingfisher and is found in Africa and Asia. There are five sub-species .We can see C. R. leucomelanurus Reichenbach in Sri Lanka.It can be easily identified by it's black and white plumage.

 Biological Classification

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Coraciiformes
Family	Alcedinidae
Subfamily	Cerylinae
Genus	Ceryle F.Boie   1828
Species	C.rudis
Conservation Status

Info Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_kingfisher