THIS KINGFISHER IS ABOUT 17 CMS. LONG AND IS WHITE WITH A BLACK MASK,A WHITE SUPERCILIUM AND BLACK BREAST BANDS.THE CREST IS NEAT AND UPPERPARTS ARE BARRED IN BLACK.MALES HAVE A NARROW SECOND BREAST BAND WHILE FEMALES HAVE A SINGLE BROKEN BREAST BAND.WHEN PERCHED ,THEY OFTEN BOB THEIR HEAD AND FLICK UP THEIR TAIL.THEY FEED ON FISH,CRUSTACEANS,LARGE AQUATIC INSECTS SUCH AS DRAGONFLY LARVAE.IT USUALLY HUNTS BY HOVERING OVER THE WATER TO DETECT PREY AND DIVING VERTICALLY DOWN BILL-FIRST TO CAPTURE FISH.THEY CAN DEAL WITH PREY WITHOUT RETURNING TO PERCH ,OFTEN SWALLOWING SMALL PREY IN FLIGHT AND SO CAN HUNT OVER LARGE WATER BODIES AND ESTUARIES THAT LACK PERCHES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY OTHER KINGFISHERS.