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The paradise kingfishers of New Guinea have unusually long tails for the group. The kookaburra has a call which sounds like laughter. Like many forest-living kingfishers, the yellow-billed kingfisher often nests in arboreal termite nests. The black-backed dwarf kingfisher is considered a bad omen by warriors of the Dusun tribe of Borneo.
The American green kingfishers are the kingfisher genus Chloroceryle, which are native to tropical Central and South America, with one species extending north to south Texas. Taxonomy and species [ edit ]
The Megaceryle large green kingfishers were formerly placed in Ceryle with the pied kingfisher, but the latter is closer to the Chloroceryle American green kingfishers. The belted kingfisher's closest living relative is the ringed kingfisher ( M. torquata ), and these two in all probability originated from an African Megaceryle which colonized ...
Volunteers in the Flemish Region of Belgium create a vertical bank in which common kingfishers have subsequently nested annually Eggs of Alcedo atthis, MHNT. Like all kingfishers, the common kingfisher is highly territorial; since it must eat around 60% of its body weight each day, it is essential to have control of a suitable stretch of river.
Male C. a. septentrionalis, Panama. The green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) is a species of "water kingfisher" in the subfamily Cerylinae of the family Alcedinidae.It is found from southern Texas in the United States south through Central America, in every mainland South American country except Chile and Trinidad and Tobago.
American pygmy kingfisher Male Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae Subfamily: Cerylinae Genus: Chloroceryle Species: C. aenea Binomial name Chloroceryle aenea (Pallas, 1764) Synonyms Alcedo aenea Pallas, 1764 Alcedo superciliosa Linnaeus, 1766 Pygmy ...
Ringed kingfishers can perch for several hours on trees while watching for prey in fresh water. [9] Belted kingfishers perch for only a few moments. Ringed kingfishers have also been observed to forage in marine water. They catch their prey by diving from a perch. [20] Ringed kingfisher with captured armored catfish
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Two species of kingfisher has been recorded in Georgia. Ringed kingfisher, Megaceryle torquata (accidental) [13] Belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon