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NIKON CORPORATION
Model
NIKON D2X
Aperture Value
f/4
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
420 mm
ISO
100
Metering Mode
Center Weighted Average
Shutter Speed Value
1/250 sec
Date/Time
Wed 28 Sep 2005 04:29:08 PM EDT
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Normal (O deg)
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Inch
X Resolution
300
Y Resolution
300
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Jpeg Compression
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Directly Photographed
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English Giant Kingfisher
Scientific (Megaceryle maxima)
Order CORACIIFORMES
Family (Latin) Alcedinidae
Family (English) Kingfishers
Other name(s) Martin-pêcheur géant
Breeding Regions AF
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Angola,Benin,Botswana,Burkina Faso,Burundi,Cameroon,Central African Republic,Chad,Congo,Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea,Eritrea,Ethiopia,Gabon,Gambia,Ghana,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Ivory Coast,Kenya, Lesotho,Liberia,Malawi,Mali,Mauritania,Mozambique,Namibia,Niger,Nigeria,Rwanda, Senegal,Sierra Leone,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan,Sudan,Swaziland,Tanzania,Togo,Uganda, Zambia,Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
maxima Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and s to South Africa
gigantea Liberia to n Angola and w Tanzania and Bioko
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Pallas, 1769)
German Riesenfischer
French Martin-pêcheur géant
Chinese 大鱼狗
Japanese オオヤマセミ
Russian Гигантский пегий зимородок
Spanish Martín gigante africano
Portuguese pica-peixe-gigante
Bird Data App text
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)