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	Kingfisher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kingfishers are birds of the three closely related families Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water or belted kingfishers).
		Kingfishers of all three families beat their prey to death, either by whipping it against a tree or by dropping it on a stone.
		Europe and North America north of Mexico are very poorly represented with only one common kingfisher (European and Belted Kingfishers respectively), and a couple of uncommon or very local species each: (Ringed Kingfisher and Green Kingfisher in south Texas, Pied Kingfisher and White-breasted Kingfisher in SE Europe).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kingfisher (293 words)

	Kingfisher, Birds, Kingfisher, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		Kingfisher plumages are green, blue, purple, reddish brown, or white; several species have iridescent feathers.
		The belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon, and the giant kingfisher, M. maxima, of tropical Africa are included in the subfamily Cerylinae, most members of which eat mainly fish.
		The common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, of Europe, Asia, and Africa is in the subfamily Alcedininae, which includes many insect-eating species.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=54 (229 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Common kingfisher
		The kingfisher’s head is blue with orange marks in front and behind the bird’s eyes, and a white mark on each side of the head.
		Common kingfishers are found throughout Europe, except the far north, and also North Africa and Asia.
		The kingfisher has to rely on memory to predict where the fish will be after it has entered the water and will sometimes return to the surface with a stone in its beak if its prediction was wrong.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3027.shtml (656 words)

	Card 25
		Kingfishers are found along the banks of clear, shallow waterways in areas that are sheltered from wind and waves.
		The kingfisher must live near waters that are unpolluted and that support a large number of fish.
		Kingfishers nest in burrows excavated in the firm soil of a waterside bank.
	www.goodnightstories.com /wildlife/birds/card25.htm (580 words)

	common kingfisher (alcedo atthis alcedinidae): info fact sheet, photos
		Common Kingfishers are not as common in Singapore as they are in temperate countries.
		Common Kingfishers prefer to hunt in shallow water which gives them better accuracy.
		Common Kingfishers are solitary and highly territorial because they have to eat about 60% of their body weight a day.
	www.naturia.per.sg /buloh/birds/Alcedo_atthis.htm (893 words)

	ANIMAL BYTES - White-collared Kingfisher
		Kingfishers are perch-and-wait hunters, sitting on a branch, post, fence, mound or wire above the ground and waiting for their prey.
		Collared kingfishers are reportedly aggressive towards their own kind as well as other kingfisher species.
		Kingfishers use a variety of laughing calls from a quiet chuckle to a harsh, loud "kek-kek, kek-kek" to communicate.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/aves/coraciiformes/white-collared-kingfisher.htm (337 words)

	Kingfishers: A Description of the Belted Kingfisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		If the kingfisher is not so neighborly as we could wish, or as he used to be, it is not because he has grown less friendly, but because the streams near our homes are fished out.
		All the fishbones and scales that, being indigestible, are disgorged in pellets by the parents, are carefully carried to the end of the tunnel to form a prickly cradle for the unhappy fledglings.
		In ancient times of myths and fables, kingfishers or halcyons were said to build a floating nest on the sea, and to possess some mysterious power that calmed the troubled waves while the eggs were hatching and the young birds were being reared, hence the term "halcyon days," meaning days of fair weather.
	www.factopia.com /outdoors-birds/belted-kingfisher-description.htm (742 words)

	kingfisher (alcedinidae): info fact sheet, photos
		Kingfishers are sit-and-wait predators, scanning a wide area from a favourite perch.
		Kingfishers have large eyes for keen eyesight, and a strong, long bill to catch their prey.
		Kingfishers dig their nests in earth banks along the river or coastal areas, or in dead/rotten trees and even termite mounds.
	www.naturia.per.sg /buloh/birds/Alcedinidae.htm (766 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Kingfisher
		Kingfishers that live in forests, grasslands, and deserts have a different diet, dining on a variety of insects, spiders, reptiles, and small mammals, which they catch by spying the prey from a perch and darting out to snap it up.
		Kingfisher species at the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park are fed anoles, crickets, mealworms, and fish.
		Kingfishers have a variety of calls used to announce their territory, warn off other birds, and communicate with a mate and their chicks, such as shrieks, screams, clicks, whistles, chuckles, rattles, and chirps.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-kingfisher.html (1284 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Kingfisher
		Kingfisher, common name for any member of a family of birds that have large heads, often with crests.
		Their bodies are short and plump, and their...
		Kookaburra, common name for four species of birds of the kingfisher family, which live in Australia and New Guinea.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Kingfisher.html (81 words)

	Kingfisher - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Kingfishers are amber listed because of their unfavourable conservation status in Europe.
		They are widespread, especially in central and southern England, becoming less common further north but following some declines last century, they are currently increasing in their range in Scotland.
		Kingfishers are found by still or slow flowing water such as lakes, canals and rivers in lowland areas.
	www.rspb.org.uk /birds/guide/k/kingfisher/index.asp (234 words)

	dave's birding miscellany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Common in the secondary forest and along the embankments.
		Common on my first visit, but only a few on my second until about 70 flew over on the evening of the 27th.
		Common; makes so many different sounds I was often sure I had something different only turn up on of these.
	www.uoguelph.ca /~jgeale/reports/malay98.htm (5800 words)

	Pulau Ubin - the last rural corner of singapore
		The prawn ponds and mangrove inlets are alive with kingfishers; the largest resident species is the Stork-billed Kingfisher (37 cm) which tends to inhabit the deeper tidal mangrove inlets, and the smallest the Common Kingfisher (17 cm) which can be found in the prawn ponds.
		Common along the north coast visiting Grey Herons - this species nests in large colonies elsewhere in Singapore however in Pulau Ubin they are usually to be found roosting alone.
		The Common or Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat can be seen pulling the figs mid-flight from the trunk and branches of the various Ficus species.
	www.ecologyasia.com /html-loc/pulau-ubin.htm (1426 words)

	News
		Pictures of common pochard, northern lapwing, common tern, common wood pigeon, sedge warbler and european reed warbler.
		Pictures of eurasian oystercatcher, common gull, white wagtail, northern chiffchaff, blue tit and common reed bunting.
		islandica), dunnock, house sparrow and common reed bunting.
	www.xs4all.nl /~sjaak/vwgvl/en/news (851 words)

	European Kingfisher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The European Kingfisher is widely distributed in Europe, Africa and Asia.
		The flight of the Kingfisher is rapid, the short rounded wings whirring until they appear a mere blur.
		A fish is usually lifted and carried by its middle, but its position is changed, sometimes by tossing it into the air, before it is swallowed head downwards.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/european_kingfisher (640 words)

	Postal Services Department Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This shy, small kingfisher is the forest equivalent of the common kingfisher, a migrant species more often found in open habitats.
		Compared to the Common kingfisher, the Blue-eared kingfisher is deeper blue in colour with blue rather than rufous ear coverts.
		Compared to the Blue-eared kingfisher, the Common kingfisher lacks the rufous cheek patch.its crown, moustache and wings are blue-green whilst its back is bright turquoise-blue which can be clearly seen in flight.
	www.brunet.bn /gov/post/mantis.htm (434 words)

	Whiskey-Jack: The Balcony Birdwatcher's Bailiwick! - The Kingfisher
		The Kingfisher is a solitary bird, with both sexes defending their own fishing territory and only co-operating during the breeding/ nesting season, which can begin as early as April.
		ROM King The Kingfisher page of the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) Biodiversity site, complete with same sound clip as heard earlier (may take a while to load and you may have to click on the sound icon a second time to hear the sound).
		Kingfishers are found world-wide (and not all of them stick to a fish diet or burrow in the ground!) These other Kingfishers merit a brief mention.
	www.pathcom.com /~wgbz/kingfish.htm (1404 words)

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		The kingfisher is one of the few native birds that perches on powerlines or telephone poles adjacent to forest areas (07).
		The kingfisher is a very deliberate forager, typically perching motionless on exposed perches in large trees that have good views of the ground below from which it swoops down to capture it's prey, often calling (07).
		In the past, hunting (as a food item) may have stressed the kingfisher on Guam but there is no evidence to suggest that it was responsible for the kingfisher's recent decline on Guam (05).
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e101034.htm (2320 words)

	Status and Distribution of Wildlife in Bangladesh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Himantopus himantopus) have been known to common respectively in the coastal mudflats and in the wetlands of Haor Basin in the north-eastern part of the country.
		Bangladesh has suitable habitats for waders especially the chars, river banks, bils and haors in the freshwater wetlands and mudflats and sandbars in the estuaries of the coastal areas.
		Psittacula roseata) is common in the north Bangladesh; and
	www.bangladeshgov.org /moef/mof/wl_birds.htm (1021 words)

	getReading - Powered by Evening Post (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Promoted Kingfisher C have lost Gareth Evans but have gained the talented Steve Pendle to their squad of Roger Woolven-Allen, Charlie Goddard and Geoff Civil.
		Kingfisher B and Sonning Common & Peppard A will both be looking to pick up early wins to avoid being dragged into the relegation pot, but both should finish comfortably in mid-table.
		Methodists B, Tidmarsh B and Kingfisher G look to have most to do to stay up, but this is always a very close division to call near the bottom.
	www.getreading.co.uk /story.asp?intid=1470 (673 words)

	Pearl
		Fishes in the pond include common gourami, Toman (giant snakehead), Japanese carps, Tiger-barbs, Rasbora, freshwater snails, prawns, and whitespots.
		Oriental whip-snake and Common blind snake were sighted here.
		The only common mammal here is the Plantain squirrel.
	www.geocities.com /Yosemite/Trails/5712/pearl.html (501 words)

	Ali & Ripley
		This exercise in standardization of English avian common names of the Indian subcontinent has its genesis in Volume 2, No. 4 of Buceros, which should be referred to get a better idea of the need and basis of this document.
		Common is of worldwide usage, but regionally biased.
		The breast is not white in all the races, whereas the throat is. (Syn.
	home.att.net /~spiderhunters/attachments/C.htm (1569 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- June 2002, week 4 (#60)
		Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)-One seen at Pacific Adventist University near Pt.
		Sacred Kingfisher (Todirhamphus sanctus)-Common in the lowlands as non-breeding migrant from Australia.
		Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)-Most common bird throughout lowlands especially since they are usually perched up on dead branch.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0206d&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=6004 (1404 words)

	TITLE>ALCEDINIDAE KINGFISHERS
		The smallest of the kingfishers to be found in most of its range, has a long bill, and is blue-green above and orange below.
		The flash of iridescent blue as this Kingfisher flies along a river is an exciting experience.
		Very common passage migrant in western and northern parts, uncommon winter visitor in northern and rare summer visitor.
	my.ort.org.il /holon/birds/aq2.html (591 words)

	Submission No:364 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This submission concerns the sighting of a Common Kingfisher located feeding amongst inter-tidal rocks at Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island on the 11th September 2002.
		The description neatly details the primary features required to separate the similar Blue-eared Kingfisher A. meninting, the only real contender once the more familiar Kingfisher species are eliminated.
		The underparts were mostly pale buff with the sides of the breast finely scaled grey and the centre of the belly off-white without markings.
	users.bigpond.net.au /palliser/barc/case364.html (420 words)

	BirdForum - A Devonian & Kingfisher Go Birding! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		On the bus to Exeter to meet Kingfisher for a day’s birding, I saw plenty of birds from the upper deck including a COMMON KINGFISHER and a WHITE THROATED DIPPER on the River Exe.
		Kingfisher was waiting at Exeter and we set off for Dawlish Warren first where we were faced with an early morning mass dash to the beach by the tourists.
		Colyford Common has a good record for these in recent years and I am going to give it a go.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=7230 (2508 words)

	* Common Sandpiper - (Bird): Definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Common Sandpiper breeds throughout most of Europe and much of central and northern Asia.
		Peter knows his birds and drifting slowly among the mangroves we saw:Mangrove Robin, Collared Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Common Sandpiper, Golden Plover, Little Kingfisher (right), Azure Kingfisher, Grey Fantail, Dusky Honeyeater...
		Although the Sanderling is one of our most common sandpipers and has a worldwide distribution, it has experienced serious declines,...
	www.mimihu.com /bird/common_sandpiper.html (103 words)

	BirdForum - Got a Photo of a Kingfisher on My Patch!
		Well done Andrew.the only glimpse I have ever had of a kingfisher has been a quick flash of purple and blue.We have occasionally seen them here near the sea defences,and when we lived in Nottingham they were regularly seen at a local small wildlife reserve,but I have never seen one actually still and perched.
		For perched Kingfishers the far east is best as the sun and humidity seems to tire them.
		I saw Common Kingfishers, White Breasted, and Stork Billed, with White Breasted being the commonest.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=10081 (955 words)

	Kingfisher information, Kingfisher picture
		"The sacred kingfisher is widely distributed throughout the Pacific, the New Zealand subspecies is vagans.
		They are common birds, but it is not always easy to get a good view".
		"A dry-country kingfisher of bush and woodland, often found near rivers or streams".
	www.junglewalk.com /info/kingfishers-information.htm (389 words)

	Sightings 2003 Vogelplas Starrevaart en Vlietland
		December 20 - Bewick's Swan 23, Common Goldeneye 2 male 4 female, Smew 6 female, Dunlin 14, Eurasian Curlew 314, Common Kingfisher 1, Water Pipit 28.
		Common sight nowadays: Sacred Ibises between the Spoonbills.
		Common Crane 1 NE at 18:00 hours, Eurasian Oystercatcher 71, Pied Avocet 2, Black-tailed Godwit 215, Spotted Redshank 2.
	www.xs4all.nl /~sjaak/vwgvl/en/sightings/2003.html (5762 words)

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