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The kingfisher is a family of brightly colored and unusual-looking birds that live near rivers and bodies of water all over the world. With their vivid plumage and loud, shrill calls, the kingfisher bird really stands out from the crowd. You can often catch sight of them perched in a tree, barely moving.
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Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, w.
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Description of the Kingfisher. Each species of kingfisher varies in color and size, though they are all quite similar in shape. They have stout bodies, large heads, and even larger bills. Their beaks are broad at the base and pointed at the end. These birds range between four inches and a foot and a half in length.
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About the White-throated Kingfisher Bird. It is a colorful bird especially in-flight. Reddish large beaks, primarily blue feathers with streaks of white and blackish by the borders, white throat, red feet, and brown head are the common features of the bird. It is a common bird of Goa and India. Mostly seen near water bodies and fields.
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kingfisher, any of about 90 species of birds in three families (Alcedinidae, Halcyonidae, and Cerylidae), noted for their spectacular dives into water. They are worldwide in distribution but are chiefly tropical. Kingfishers, ranging in length from 10 to 42 cm (4 to 16.5 inches), have a large head, a long and massive bill, and a compact body.
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As their name suggests, kingfishers are one of nature's most skilled waterside avian predators and have perfected the art of diving into still or slow-flowing water and emerging with a beakful of fish. But do kingfishers only eat fish or is their diet more varied? Keep reading to find out more.
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The family contains 116 species and is divided into three . All kingfishers have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests.
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Halcyon smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) | Species 🗒 Synonyms No Data 🗒 Common Names 📚 Overview Overview Summary Bird group Kingfishers A large kingfisher with a bright blue back, chestnut head and a large red bill. The throat and breast are white. Compiled from various sources listed in the reference. Brief
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Assam This checklist includes all bird species found in Assam , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to report them .
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The Kingfisher is a family of medium-sized birds known for their fish-hunting feeding behavior. Kingfishers can be split into three categories or subfamilies. The largest group is the tree kingfishers (Halcyoninae), which include 12 genera including some kookaburra species. There are also river kingfishers (Alcedininae), including all American kingfishers, and the water kingfishers (Cerylinae.
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The common kingfisher is a beautiful, iridescent-blue bird found throughout Europe and in countries across Asia, and North Africa. Like most species of kingfisher, these birds are rarely found far from water, often seen perched on branches overhanging rivers and streams.
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Halcyon is a name for a bird in mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. The specific epithet smyrnensis is an adjective for the town of in Turkey. [6] are recognised: [7] H. s. smyrnensis (Linnaeus, 1758) - south Turkey to north east Egypt, Iraq to northwest India H. s. fusca, 1783) - west India and Sri Lanka
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There are at least 22 species of owl in North America. Find out what they are in this article I wrote Peter Trimming Flickr CC2.0 Ringed Kingfisher The Ringed Kingfisher is the largest kingfisher in North America and features an enormous bill and raucous calls. They are marked by a white-collar, rufous belly, and shaggy crest.
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The White-throated Kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Eurasia from Bulgaria, Turkey, east through South Asia to the Philippines. This kingfisher is a resident over much of its range, although some populations may make short distance movements. It can often be found well away from water where it feeds on a wide range of prey.
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1. Belted Kingfisher. Belted Kingfisher | image by Judy Gallagher via Flickr | CC BY 2.0. Scientific name: Megaceryle alycon. Belted Kingfishers are one of the only kingfisher species native to North America. They live year round in most of the United States and migrate between Mexico and Canada in the spring and fall.