Where does the kingfisher bird live?

Answer 1

In the UK, Kingfishers mainly nest in tunnels in the banks along streams and rivers, ditches, etc, (though some species nest in holes in trees and under tree roots). They are territorial, and catch small fish for food.

Answer 2

We have Kingfisher's in Tennessee.

There are Kingfishers in North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the UK. In fact they are a worldwide species. There are around 90 species of Kingfisher. The Australian type being the Forest kookaburra. The North American being the Belted Kingfisher, the African and Asian being the Pied Kingfisher and the European and UK being the standard blue-green and orange colourful kingfisher.

They are almost always found living near to Streams and Rivers and live on small fish that they dive for. They have their nest in the riverbank and are prey to foxes and mink.

Answer 3

Depending on the species, kingfishers are found along shorelines and wetlands in fresh and salt water environments; along inland watercourses such as creeks and rivers; in rainforests; or even in dry bushland, such as the kookaburra of Australia.

Some species need sandy vertical banks for nests burrows and clear water so they can see their prey. They may live in steep banks made of sand, clay or gravel. Others live in termite mounds on the ground, or termite nests high up in trees. Kookaburras live in tree hollows in Australia. One type of kingfisher, the Red-backed kingfisher, even lives in Australia's harsh interior deserts and tree-less grasslands.

Answer 4

A kingfisher lives in a burrow that it digs out of vertical or very steep slopes that are usually made of sand. Not always though, since sand can crumble easily so I would have thought that they would prefer more of a compact material that they could dig in. So not rock.

Further information:

It depends on the species of kingfisher. Most smaller kingfishers dig burrows, but this is not the case for the various species of kookaburra, larger members of the kingfisher family which are found in Australia and nearby northern islands.

Kookaburras make their nest in the hollow of a tree, usually a large, older eucalypt. The nest, which is not used as a home except during the breeding season, has a large opening in the front which the kookaburra shapes to size with its ling, strong beak. Sometimes they build their nest in a hollowed-out ternmite nest high up in a tree (not on the ground).

Some smaller Australian kingfishers, such as the Sacred kingfisher, may dig into termite mounds on the ground for their nest.

Answer 5

Which species? All kingfishers nest in holes - some species in termite mounds, some in trees, some in sandy banks, some in the ground.

Answer 6

near lakes or rivers were fish and frogs live

Answer 7

Deciduous forest, near lakes and streams.

Answer 8

somewhere...