Kingfishers

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.

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.

there are different types of species some are migratory some are not.... but normal one is not......

what is the poetic name for the kingfisher, h-l-y--

Baby kingfisher birds look like medium sized birds and have large heads that are blue-gray in color with a ragged crest. They also have a large bill and a blue-gray band across the chest.

it has a spear-like beak to catch fish.

25 miles per hour.

Many of the world's species of Kingfishers are endangered. The Guam Kingfisher, the Micronesian Kingfisher, and the Marquesan Kingfisher are just a few that are threatened with extinction.

The common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, is about 16 or 17 cm. There are many other types of Kingfisher.

A kingfisher is a small bird which feeds on fish.

It is actually a bird

First Answer- A kingfisher is a small and brightly coloured bird.

Second Answer- Kingfishers are a suborder of birds. They are small to medium in size, and are often brightly colored. All of them have large heads, sharp beaks, short legs, and stubby tails. They eat a variety of bugs, small reptiles, worms, plants, fish, and even the nestlings of other birds. Most species are found in the Old World.

Kingfishers like all birds do not have teeth.

there are a number of predators who will prey upon a Kingfisher but these will generally be opportunistic predators rather than predators trying to find a particular prey.

examples of these may be other birds such as hawks and falcons or at might there will be predators such as tree snakes or pythons.

In the nest situations you will have monitors, goanna's, rats snakes etc who will eat the young, eggs or even the sitting parent bird.

Actually the kingfishers actual colour is a murky brown color. If you were to place the iridescent blue feather of the kingfisher into the shade, the colour changes to this brown colour. This is because when the kingfishers feathers are hit by the white light from the sun, the feathers only absorb the only absorb the blue frequency (wavelength) of light. As a result when the light reaches your eyes, the eyes register that the blue wavelength of light is missing, so we see the feathers as blue in the sun.

The hawk and kingfisher are different species of birds. The hawk (many sub-species) hunt other birds and small animals (mice, voles, etc), while a kingfisher eats small fish, frogs, and other aquatic creatures - caught by the kingfisher diving beneath the water.

Kingfisher builds its nest in banks near the water.