The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized...
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threatened with extinction. In Britain, the word "kingfisher" normally refers to the common kingfisher. The kingfisher family Alcedinidae is in the order Coraciiformes...
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one species, the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also appearing in Europe and northern Asia. This group includes many kingfishers that actually dive...
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With an overall metallic blue impression, it is very similar to the common kingfisher, but it is white underneath instead of orange. Males average bluer...
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The crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) is a very large kingfisher that is native to parts of southern Asia. It is part of the kingfisher genus (Megaceryle)...
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The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a species of water kingfisher widely distributed across Africa and Asia. Originally described by Carl Linnaeus in...
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darker rufous underparts and lacking the rufous ear stripe of the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) which is found in more open habitats. A number of...
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Naturae. The type species is the common kingfisher (Alcedo ispida, now Alcedo atthis ispida). Alcedo is the Latin for "kingfisher". The genus contains the following...
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hawk-cuckoo Common hill myna Common iora Common jery Common kestrel Common kingfisher Common linnet Common loon Common merganser Common miner Common moorhen...
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The common paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea), also known as the Galatea paradise kingfisher and the racquet-tailed kingfisher, is a species of...
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The tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers or Halcyoninae, are the most numerous of the three subfamilies of birds in the kingfisher family, with...
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The belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, native to North America. All kingfishers are placed in one family...
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The malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) is a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara. It is largely resident...
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The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the...
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babbler, common hawk-cuckoo, shikra, spotted owlet, spotted dove, rose-ringed parakeet, common kingfisher, pied kingfisher, white-breasted kingfisher and Oriental...
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species is distinguished from the similar blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) and common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) by its greater size, heavy black...
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call is piercing similar to the common kingfisher. The first formal description of the Javan blue-banded kingfisher was by the Dutch zoologist Coenraad...
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Pacific kingfisher, the islet kingfisher, the Torresian kingfisher, the Mariana kingfisher, and the Melanesian kingfisher. The collared kingfisher was described...
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produce pellets, including grebes, herons, cormorants, gulls, terns, kingfishers, crows, jays, dippers, shrikes, swallows, and most shorebirds. Ornithologists...
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the common ancestor of the ringed kingfisher and the belted kingfisher in the genus Megaceryle. The subfamily Cerylinae contains nine kingfisher species...
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osprey (Pandion haliaetus), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) and common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), and it is an important item in the diet of the globally...
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The woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara. The Swedish naturalist Carl...
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delicate flavour. The gudgeon is a common prey of many fish-eating predators like Eurasian otter or common kingfisher. In Central Europe, on streams and...
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grayi Yes Croatia Common nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos No Cuba Cuban trogon Priotelus temnurus Yes Czech Republic Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis No...
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displaying he will take long and high flights, like those of the common kingfisher, accompanied by sharp metallic calls clink, clink, different from...
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water rail, ring-necked parakeet, Eurasian sparrowhawk, sand martin, common kingfisher, little grebe and great crested grebe. The centre also holds a collection...
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well known bird species include the golden eagle, grey heron, common kingfisher, common wood pigeon, house sparrow, European robin, grey partridge, and...
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Nova Scotia - belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon Hamilton, Ontario - peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus High Level, Alberta - common raven, Corvus corax...
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Standard Time) Symbols • Tree Zelkova serrata • Flower Sakura • Bird Common kingfisher • Insect Tree Cricket Phone number 042-383-1111 Address 6-6-3 Honmachi...
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Time) City symbols • Tree Pinus densiflora • Flower Peony • Bird Common kingfisher Phone number 0248-75-1111 Address 135 Hachimanmachi, Sukagawa-shi...
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