blue-eared kingfisher
branch
kinabatangan river
night
sleeping
sukau
wild bird
I believe this is a blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting).
Spotted on the Kinabatangan River near Sukau (Borneo)
The small bird was sleeping so tight that we could approach a few feet from it, silently, with a boat.
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Kinabatangan, Malaysia