Kingfisher bird

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Basic Description With its top-heavy physique, energetic flight, and piercing rattle, the Belted Kingfisher seems to have an air of self-importance as it patrols up and down rivers and shorelines. It nests in burrows along earthen banks and feeds almost entirely on aquatic prey, diving to catch fish and crayfish with its heavy, straight bill. These ragged-crested birds are a powdery blue-gray; males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and a chestnut band. Find This Bird Belted Kingfishers are common along streams and shorelines across North America. You’ll probably hear a loud, rattling call before you see the kingfisher. Its large head and hefty bill give it a distinctive profile as it patrols its territory, using the open space above the water as a flyway. They also perch on riverside branches and telephone wires. Belted Kingfishers also make long commuting flights over fields and forests, far from water, so be prepared for the occasional surprise flyover wherever you are birding. • The breeding distribution of the Belted Kingfisher is limited in some areas by the availability of suitable nesting sites. Human activity, such as road building and digging gravel pits, has created banks where kingfishers can nest and allowed the expansion of the breeding range. • The Belted Kingfisher is one of the few bird species in which the female is more brightly colored than the male. Among the nearly 100 species of kingfishers, the sexes often look al...

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Belted Kingfishers spend much of their time perched alone along the edges of streams, lakes, and estuaries, searching for small fish. They also fly quickly up and down rivers and shorelines giving loud rattling calls. They hunt either by plunging directly from a perch, or by hovering over the water, bill downward, before diving after a fish they’ve spotted. Kingfishers live near streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and estuaries. They nest in burrows that they dig into soft earthen banks, usually adjacent to or directly over water. Kingfishers spend winters in areas where the water doesn’t freeze so that they have continual access to their aquatic foods. © Pat Hare | Macaulay Library

Enter Bird's Name in Search Box: www.birds-of-north-america.net There are four types of kingfishers in North America. The Belted Kingfisher can be found throughout the continent into Mexico excluding the northern tundra regions. The Ringed Kingfisher is the largest of the species and the Green Kingfisher and the Amazon Kingfisher, which are similar in looks but larger in size. Both these birds live in Mexico and can be found in the southern boundaries of the United States. References to Other Bird Sites: These are links to websites pertaining to the different birding institutions, societies and organizations here in North America. Some of these same sites are a great asset to seeking out knowledge on birds in other regions of the world. Each of these links offer the user different methods to identify birds, whether it be by regions, habitat, appearance or maybe colour. Knowledge on the possibilities of where and what birds might be present are included. The description to follow is taken from the AOS Home Page. CornellLab of Ornithology eBird is a must for any individual, who has an interest in birds. This site allows users to sign up and participate in recording birds seen on a daily basis as well as the location, for any bird species seen in the world. In addition, users can use the existing data to search out the location of bird species throughout the year. By using filters, information as to the movements can be determined. Photos can be added to identify individual b...

Conservation status Recent surveys indicate declines in population. May be vulnerable to loss of nesting sites and to disturbance during breeding season. Family Habitat Streams, lakes, bays, coasts; nests in banks. During winter and migration, may be found in almost any waterside habitat, including the edges of small streams and ponds, large rivers and lakes, marshes, estuaries, and rocky coastlines; seems to require only clear water for fishing. During breeding season, more restricted to areas with suitable dirt banks for nesting holes. The Belted Kingfisher is often first noticed by its wild rattling call as it flies over rivers or lakes. It may be seen perched on a high snag, or hovering on rapidly beating wings, then plunging headfirst into the water to grab a fish. Found almost throughout North America at one season or another, it is the only member of its family to be seen in most areas north of Mexico. Photo Gallery Feeding Behavior Forages by plunging headfirst into water, capturing fish near surface with bill. Watches for fish from branch, wire, rock, or other perch above water, or may hover above water before diving. Bones, scales, and other indigestible parts of prey are coughed up later as pellets. Eggs 6-7, sometimes 5-8. White. Incubation is by both sexes, 22-24 days. Female incubates at night, with male taking over early in morning; male may or may not do less of incubation than female. Young: Both parents feed young, at first giving them partially digested ...

Basic Description The loud and brash Ringed Kingfisher looks like a super-sized version of a Belted Kingfisher. This steely blue and rich chestnut bird is nearly the size of an American Crow, with a massive, daggerlike bill it uses to grab fish out of freshwater rivers and lakes. It often perches for long periods in the open on a bare branch, bridge, or utility wire over water. Common in much of Latin America, it barely reaches into the U.S. in southern Texas. Find This Bird Ringed Kingfishers are not shy. They perch out in the open along rivers and lakes, often on the most prominent and conspicuous perches. Their large size (much larger than Belted), distinctive shape, and loud calls make them easy to recognize in suitable habitat throughout their range. Although they hunt mostly over freshwater, you might also find them in sheltered brackish and saltwater environments. • Unlike Belted Kingfishers, Ringed Kingfishers rarely hover for more than a few seconds when hunting over water. • After hatching, young Ringed Kingfishers begin to beg for food with “sizzling” calls, which soon change to a trill similar to the rattling call of adults. • To grip fish tightly, Ringed Kingfisher’s bill has fine, jagged edges called tomial serrations, which act like teeth to prevent slippery fish from escaping. • A species with a large range through Central and South America, the Ringed Kingfisher reaches only into extreme southern Texas, and was first found nesting there in the relatively r...