[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This female Green Kingfisher was photographed along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 2000)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This female Green Kingfisher was photographed along the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 2000)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This male Green Kingfisher was photographed at Santa Ana NWR, Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1988)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This female Green Kingfisher was photographed at Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: May 30, 2011)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This female Green Kingfisher was photographed at Sabal Palms Sanctuary, Brownsville, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: May 30, 2011)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This male Green Kingfisher was photographed at Frontera Audubon Nature Center, Weslaco, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E III 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: December 27, 2011)

[Length 8.75 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This male Green Kingfisher was photographed at the levee outside Anzalduas County Park, Mission, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: January 4, 2012)

[Length 16 in. Wingspan 25 in.]

This male Ringed Kingfisher was photographed at Zacate Creek, Laredo, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: February 6, 2010)