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• Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds#Family : Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
•  Info The two main islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are about 140 km (87 miles) apart, yet each has an endemic subspecies of the malachite kingfisher. All by Charlesjsharp -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:41, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charlesjsharp (talk) 12:41, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support I like this one even better. Gret shot! --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 12:57, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 14:33, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 15:13, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support per F. Schulenburg -- Radomianin (talk) 15:34, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Ivar (talk) 17:56, 12 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Excellent again. Cmao20 (talk) 00:31, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support -- Basile Morin (talk) 01:57, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support The bird stands out wonderfully against the soft background. --Aristeas (talk) 10:52, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 11:34, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Schnobby (talk) 15:35, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Ermell (talk) 07:06, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Fischer.H (talk) 10:14, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support I'm a sucker for a good kingfisher. I'm amazed how many kingfisher FPs we get because the only species we have where I live (belted kingfisher/Megaceryle alcyon) are extremely skittish, flying away and chattering when people get anywhere near them. — Rhododendrites ^talk |  15:21, 14 November 2021 (UTC)

• Both photos were taken from the back seat of a car, with the driver moving back and forward to optimise bokeh. Charlesjsharp (talk) 09:27, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

•  Support --Llez (talk) 17:05, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Poco a poco (talk) 17:14, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --IamMM (talk) 18:16, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support --Kiril Simeonovski (talk) 14:09, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 18:18, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 19 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Yann (talk) 18:51, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds#Family : Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)