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Common kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

Family Alcedinidae. Order Coraciiformes.

Common kingfisher — Photographs 1
Common kingfisher.
Photo: Artemy Voikhansky / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Description

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa.

Traits

Residency
migratory
Diet
small fish (dives)
Game species
no

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Photographs

Common kingfisher — Photographs 2
Common kingfisher. Zoological illustration.
John Gould / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

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