Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus stuartkeithi).jpg

File:Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus stuartkeithi).jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
•  Info Most African malachite kingfishers are around 13cm, but this one from Ethiopia (who appears to be an adult) was only about 10cm. All by Charlesjsharp - -- Charles (talk) 23:13, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- Charles (talk) 23:13, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support - What a beautiful bird, and I would say this is a clearer picture of this species than your preexisting FP, which is also an excellent picture. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 06:49, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 10:09, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Uoaei1 (talk) 14:15, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --СССР (talk) 14:25, 21 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Neutral A great photo, but in my opinion we have enough Featured pictures of the kingfisher.--Famberhorst (talk) 16:18, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

• There is only one other FP of this species - it is a different subspecies - and it shows a different profile of one of the world's most beautiful birds. I'm surprised by your comment as you yourself have two FPs of an identical view Example 1 and Example 2. Never mind your two FPs of the same fuscia species Example 3 and Example 4. I realise also that you find that your sawing machine justifies 3 FPs! Do explain your reasoning please. Charles (talk) 22:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 06:57, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
  • Answer: your comparison with my photo is not entirely up. Those pictures differ from each other. But of the kingfisher we have at least 5, of which 1 is with a fish in the mouth. The sawing machine is also very different from each other. I also commented on that. Once again your photo is perfect, but it looks like the other photos. But that is my personal opinion.--Famberhorst (talk) 07:02, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
    • I'll leave others to judge the differences between your images, but I don't think there are arbritrary limits on FPs. You may know, for instance, that there are 34 Featured pictures of Ardea, many of the same species - and herons are not more diverse and attractive than the kingfisher family - though I'm biased as I love kingfishers and they are so much more challenging to photograph than herons! Charles (talk) 09:37, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support --Cayambe (talk) 14:18, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support Love that beak ... I had to back away a little bit when I first saw this because I thought it was going to peck out the lens. I wish more of it could have been sharper but, I know, you do what you can with what you've got. Daniel Case (talk) 15:51, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support--MZaplotnik^(talk) 13:35, 25 February 2018 (UTC)
•  Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 05:48, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 10 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /Basile Morin (talk) 15:11, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Birds