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	KINGFISHER - LoveToKnow Article on KINGFISHER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Its dried body would avert thunderbolts, and if kept in a wardrobe would preserve from moths the woollen stuffs therein laid, or hung by a thread to the ceiling of a chamber would point with its bill to the quarter whence the wind blew.
		The common kingfisher of Europe is the representative of a well-marked family of birds, the Alcedinidae or Halcyonidae of ornithologists, which is considered by most authorities 4 to be closely related to the B-ucerotidae (see HORNBILL) ; but the affinity can scarcely be said as yet to be proved.
		xliv.xlvii.) on the genetic affinity of the various forms of Alcedinidae, and it is to be regretted that hitherto no light has been shed by palaeontologists on this interesting subject, for the only fossil referred to the neighborhood of the family is the Halcyornis toliapicus of Sir R. Owen (Br.
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	Digimorph - Alcedo cristata (Malachite kingfisher)
		Although the coraciiforms may not be a natural grouping, there is evidence (both morphological and molecular) that Alcedinidae (kingfishers), Meropidae, Momotidae, and Todidae form a monophyletic group (Maurer and Raikow, 1981; Burton, 1984; Sibley and Ahlquist, 1990; Mayr et al., 2003).
		The kingfishers (Alcedinidae) as a whole are thought to be monophyletic.
		Slotow, R. Beak lengths in insectivorous and piscivorous kingfishers (Alcediniformes: Alcedinidae).
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	AllRefer.com - kingfisher (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		kingfisher, common name for members of the family Alcedinidae, essentially tropical and subtropical land birds, with affinities to trogons and swifts and related to the hornbill.
		Many forest kingfishers nest in the same fashion as the fishing kingfishers, but some, e.g., the kookaburra, never go near the water and nest in trees.
		Kingfishers are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Coraciiformes, family Alcedinidae.
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	* Kingfish - (Animals): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		common name for members of the family Alcedinidae, essentially tropical and subtropical land birds, with affinities to trogons and swifts and related to the hornbill...
		It can be seen perching patiently on a branch and then diving into the water with a loud splash as it strikes its prey...
		The marquesan kingfisher is classified as a member of the order Coraciiformes (Kingfishers, hornbills, and allies) and is a member of the family Alcedinidae...
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	Kingfisher, Birds, Kingfisher, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Date : 10/19/2005 Time : 2:06:35 PM Kingfisher is the common name for members of the cosmopolitan avian family Alcedinidae, order Coraciiformes, which also includes the Australian kookaburra, Dacelo gigas.
		The greatest number of species are found in the tropics and subtropics.
		The most familiar of the tree kingfishers, subfamily Daceloninae, is the kookaburra, known for its variety of loud calls, some of which are reminiscent of human laughter.
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	Alcedinidae - 翠鸟科 - カワセミ科 - Họ Bồng chanh
		Alcedinidae - 翠鸟科 - カワセミ科 - Họ Bồng chanh
		The Alcedinidae (or Alcedinae), Halcyonidae, and Cerylidae, all known as 'kingfishers' in English, have also to varying degrees been identified as belonging together in Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese.
		The distribution of Alcedinidae in East Asia can be found at Dzung-Su Ding's Distribution of CORACIIFORMES in East Asia.
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	Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
		Members of the Alcedinidae family can be found all over the world in various habitats.
		They range in size from 4 inches to 18 inches and can weigh up to 1 pound.
		Members of this family are cavity nesters, meaning that the nest in holes in trees or holes in the ground dug by other animals.
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		From the 84 kingfishers species that exist in the world, there are just 5 in Brazil, being the Ringed Kingfisher (Ceryle torquata; Martin-pescador-grande or matraca), the most known specie of the family Alcedinidae, not just for its size, because it is the biggest of this specie in Brazil, as for being common and noisy.
		The birds of this family (Alcedinidae) are associated to aquatic environments, living near lakes, rivers etc, because they depend on this kind of environment for feeding, because they eat small fishes, aquatic insects etc.
		They commonly stay in branches near the water, observing possible preys, which they reach in a perfect flying, which many times are vertical.
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	kookaburra on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is one of the largest birds of the family Alcedinidae (kingfisher family).
		Because of its loud, maniacal-sounding call, it is also known as the laughing jackass, or jackass kingfisher.
		Kookaburras are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Coraciiformes, family Alcedinidae.
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	KINGFISHER - Definition
		Alcedinidae, Alcedo atthis, belted kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, coraciiform bird, Dacelo gigas, Eurasian kingfisher, family Alcedinidae, kookaburra, laughing jackass
		(Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family {Alcedinid[ae]}.
		Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc.
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	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Alcedinidae - Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
		Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Alcedinidae - Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
		Identification: Length from tip of bill to tip of tail 12 to 14 inches.
		The eggs are laid in a chamber contructed at the end of a tunnel dug into a sand or gravel bank.
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		:''For the UK high-street retail company, see Kingfisher plc.'' Alcedinidae
		Cerylidae Kingfishers are birds of the three closely related families Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water or belted kingfishers).
		''Ispidina'' The river kingfishers or Alcedinidae, are one of the three families of bird in the kingfisher group.
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	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Alcedinidae - Kingfishers
		Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Alcedinidae - Kingfishers
		Kingfishers (Family Alcedinidae) are a large, primarily tropical, family of birds easily recognized by their large, dagger-like bills.
		Three species are found in North America, and a single species in the east.
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	Kingfishers - kingfisher (alcedinidae): info fact sheet, photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Kingfishers - kingfisher (alcedinidae): info fact sheet, photos
		Micronesian kingfishers are now fed a more natural diet featuring small lizards called anoles.
		Kingfishers Family Alcedinidae Pekaka (Malay) pair of collared kingfishers The typical impression is that Kingfishers only eat fish and hunt for them by
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	Enlaces : Science : Biology : Flora_and_Fauna : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Coraciiformes : Alcedinidae :: 100cia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	Search Results for kookaburra - Encyclopædia Britannica
		(species Dacelo gigas), eastern Australian bird of the kingfisher family (Alcedinidae), whose call sounds like fiendish laughter.
		any of about 90 species of birds making up the family Alcedinidae (order Coraciiformes), many of whom fish for their food.
		Any of about 90 species of birds (family Alcedinidae), many of which...
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		The other four species that inhabit the Americas, in graduated sizes from 13 to 27 cm (5 to 11.5 in), are all tropical and have dark green backs.
		Scientific classification: Kingfishers make up the family Alcedinidae in the order Coraciiformes.
		The African dwarf kingfisher is classified as Corythornus lecontei (several other genera have been applied to this species), the laughing kookaburra as Dacelo novaeguineae, the belted kingfisher as Ceryle alcyon, and the ringed kingfisher as Ceryle torquata.
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	Merriam-Webster Online
		alcedinidae is one of more than 1,000,000 entries available at Merriam-WebsterUnabridged.com.
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	Alcedinidae - The Science Beat ... Scientific Research, Space, NASA - SearchBeat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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		Kingfisher - from A-to-Z Science - Introduction to the Kingfisher family, Alcedinidae.
		Kookaburra - A-to-Z Science - Introduction to this group of woodland kingfishers that live in Australia and New Guinea.
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River kingfishers : Alcedinidae

River kingfishers : Alcedinidae
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