Two Blue Tailed Bee Eaters (Merops philippinus) sitting on a wire fence during a safari at Udawalawe National Park in Southern Sri Lanka.
A White Throated Kingfished (Halcyon smyrnensis) sits on a broken bough above the brackish water of a lagoon in Bentota, Sri Lanka.
A large Pacific Gull, Larus pacificus, takes flight with wings outspread from a wet and rocky shoreline in Victoria, Australia. The species is less common in the south east due to increased competition from invasive gull species.