Kingfishers

AUK - According to the RSPB "The little auk is a small seabird, the size of a starling. It is black above and white below, and in flight it shows dark underwings. It has a black stubby bill, and a short neck and tail. It flies with very fast whirring wingbeats low over the sea. It is a winter visitor to the waters around the UK in small numbers each year. It breeds in the Arctic and winters in the North Atlantic. Some birds enter the North Sea in autumn and large numbers can be seen passing offshore during gales."

It digs out the mud at the side of a riverbank.

The maximum is 15 years

It can symbolize a well practiced huntsman.

there are a few colors like teal, blue, brown and many more!

ceyx

pretty fast

Halcyon

Swallows? Swallows?

The kingfisher is a colorful bird that lives in wetland and woodland regions of the world. There are about 100 species of the kingfisher. While the smallest species can weigh 10 grams, the largest can weigh about 14 ounces. Belonging to the Coraciiformes order, this bird can have different combinations of colors that range from blue, green, orange, brown, red, and yellow. It has a very long and pointed bill, short legs, and smooth feathers.

The kingfishers are common, no specific numbers for them however.If theyre common why did they capture the last 29 left in the world in the mid 1980's?

It is to help them dive deeper into the water and capture/hunt their prey.

Most birds that hover face the wind and cup their wings in a fashion that keeps them aloft. A King Fisher has a large wing span, so it can do this quite simply with a good air current.

The Kingfisher is a bird, and all birds are vertebrates.

Carnivore, eating mainly fish.

Kingfishers are capable of grabbing prey with their feet but they rarely do (they have relatively small feet). For hunting, a kingfisher will sit on a perch waiting for some prey item to happen by (fish, insects, crustaceans, even small mammals) it will then swoop down and grab it with its bill. They then will usually take the item to a safe place and beat it senseless against a rock or tree, followed by disassembling and eating it.

Despite the impressive bill on some species, kingfishers rarely "spear" prey with it.

Some species will scour the mud for small critters to eat using their bill and feet. Kingfishers are very widespread and some species are more specialized then others it terms of how and what they eat.

Kingfishers are carnivorous. They get their necessary nutrients from fish, which they devour whole.

Yes, some types of kingfishers do eat frogs, including tadpoles.

All kingfishers eat fish, hence the name.

The Forest Kingfisher Bird has a dark royal blue head with pale turquoise on the back. There is a large white spot over the bill. The underparts are white. The male has a white collar which the female lacks. In flight there is a prominent white wing patch. There is a broad black eye strip extending from the bill to the eye coverts. The tail is royal blue above and below is black to dusky grey. The long, straight bill is black and the lower mandible ('jaw'), which is long and upturned, has a pinkish contrasting strip along the bottom. The eyes are dark brown. The legs and feet are dark brown or dark grey. The eastern race has a greener back with a smaller white wing spot. Immature birds are slightly duller with forehead and shoulders scalloped faintly white and breast scalloped faintly black. In young males the neck collar is blue mottled and indistinct. The Forest Kingfisher is also known as Macleay's, Blue or Bush Kingfisher.

tadpoles, grasshoppers, lizards, and insects.

frogs skinks, lizards grasshoppers, beetles, termites, scorpions, centipedes rats, mice, voles, snakes up to 65cm long and nestling birds.

According to the Sibley Guide to Bird Life & Behavior, human population growth, habitat change, and shooting are what endanger worldwide kingfisher populations the most. Specifically, species which nest in the sides of stream banks are left without habitat when streams are altered. Additionally, the Laughing Kookaburra in Australia is threatened from consuming Cane Toads. These non-native and very invasive toads have poison glands which kill the bird when it tries to eat it.

A flock. Just like any other bird. A flock

The smallest species of kingfisher, the African Dwarf Kingfisher, is 4 inches (10cm) long. The largest kingfisher is the Giant Kingfisher which is 18 inches (45cm) long. If you need a certain species, just look it up.