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🌍🌏 Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #CollaredKingfisher #WhiteCollaredKingfisher #BlackMaskedKingfisher #MangroveKingfisher #TodiramphusChloris | #Kingfishers #TreeKingfishers #KingfisherFamily 📷: Photo by vinsky2002🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)

The collared kingfisher is a medium-sized bird (22-29 cm) with striking turquoise-blue or greenish upperparts and white to buff underparts. Its defining feature is a broad white collar. Males are typically bluer, while females are greener. This species has an incredibly wide distribution, found from north-east Africa and the Red Sea, across southern Asia, through Southeast Asia and Indonesia, to Polynesia, primarily in coastal areas like mangrove swamps, but also in open woodlands and gardens. Collared kingfishers are patient hunters, perching motionlessly to spot prey like fish, crabs, and insects. Once prey is sighted, they glide swiftly to snatch it, often returning to a perch to subdue larger items by beating them against a branch. At least fourteen subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by vinsky2002 via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/collared-kingfisher-perch-wild-bird-4742836/

WUFG

Ahhh, a morning visit from a Kingfisher. Nothing like being greeted with a cacophony of CLAAACK!!! and all-around general grumpiness.

But once it settles in, it’s all business.

#WoodedStream #Birds #Kingfishers

A Kingfisher sits on the stubby end of a dead branch. Its head is a gray black set of tufted feathers that makes up most of is head, including surrounding its black eye. Under its cobalt pointy beak is a band of white which makes up its neck if you will. Its wings are a blue gray, which it has pointed back against its body. Most of the branches in the background are blurry and though it is not pictured, a brook is under the birds watchful eye.

Eisvogel
Kingfisher
August 2018
#Fotobearbeitung -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/44306

#tiere #natur #eisvogel #digitalart #gmic #gimp #digital #PhotoEditing #animals #nature #kingfishers #photo #foto #bildbearbeitung #photomanipulation #art

Bearbeites Foto: Eisvogel auf einem Ast, grüner Hintergrund.

Edited photo: Kingfisher on a branch, green background.

First #Egg Laid in the Wild by #Guam #Kingfishers in 40 Years–Hanging on to Survival Thousands of Miles from Home

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/first-egg-laid-in-the-wild-by-guam-kingfishers-in-40-years-hanging-on-to-survival-thousands-of-miles-from-home/

🌏 Brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) #Asianbirds | #BrownWingedKingfisher #PelargopsisAmauroptera | #Kingfishers #TreeKingfishers #KingfisherFamily 📷: Photo by udaykiran0208🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌏 Brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera)

The brown-winged kingfisher is native to southeast Asia, and is known for its distinctive orange-brown body with dark brown wings. It has a long and robust red bill, red legs, and a short, brown tail. A medium-sized kingfisher, it typically inhabits mangrove forests and coastal areas, where it hunts for fish, crustaceans, and other small aquatic prey. It is known for its loud, melodious call.

Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by udaykiran0208 via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-kingfisher-river-forest-8257970/

KHBO

#SilentSunday am Fluss bei den #Eisvögeln

#NikonD780 - 1/640s - ISO 2000 - 500mm - f/6,3

#KingFishers #VogelFlausch #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature

Ein eisvogl sitzt auf einer wurzel direkt am wasser

Went out this afternoon to try and spot some #kingfishers at the local pond. An older man came by to tell me I wouldn't have much luck sitting and waiting without a hide, but proved him wrong by getting some close shots and I saw a pair #mating.
🪶 #birdphotography #spring #Waterwingebied #Amersfoort

Male kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) perched on a branch in front of the clay mound in which there are likely one or more nests.

Female kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) perched between some branches on the waterside.

Flying male kingfisher (Alcedo atthis). They are notoriously very quick flyers and hard to photograph. In this case a lucky shot where its body and head were in focus, but the wings are blurred.

Pair of kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) mating, seen from a little distance away so the photo isn't very sharp. The female is pressed down onto the branch while the male has mounted her back.

Interacting with the neighbours.

Watch and listen the female kingfisher calling down on Hackney Marshes on the River Lea.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #ukbirds #birds #hackney

🌏 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) #AsianBirds | #WhiteThroatedKingfisher #WhiteBreastedKingfisher #HalcyonSmyrnensis | #Kingfishers #TreeKingfishers #KingfisherFamily 📷: Photo by PINKI_ISHAN🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌏 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

The white-throated kingfisher, also known as the white-breasted kingfisher, is a striking bird with a bright blue back, chestnut head and belly, and a white throat and breast. It has a large red bill and is often seen perched on wires or branches near water bodies, but also in parks and gardens. It hunts by diving into water to catch fish, but also eats insects, reptiles, and amphibians. It is a common sight in Asia, from the Sinai Peninsula to the Philippines. Five subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by PINKI_ISHAN via Pixabay

IRNF

##photography #kingfishers #ijsvogel #birds

🌏 Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) #AustralianBirds | #LaughingKookaburra | #Kookaburras #Kingfishers #TreeKingfishers #KingfisherFamily 📷: Photo by_meh🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

@Adrenochrome @Chris @MorpheusB

“The scientific name is derived from Greek mythology; the ancient belief that the birds nested in the sea and called them halkyons (Latin halcyon) from hals (sea) and kyon (born). In Greek mythology the gods gave the halkyons the ability to calm the waters when nesting. In mythology, one of the Pleiades named Alcyone (Alcedo in Latin) married Ceyx who was killed in a shipwreck. Alcyone drowned herself in grief and the gods revived them both as #kingfishers.”

🌎 Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) #SouthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds #NorthAmericanBirds | #RingedKingfisher | #WaterKingfishers #Kingfishers #KingfisherFamily 📷: Photo by Backpackerin🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌎 Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)

The Ringed kingfisher is a large kingfisher with a robust body, a shaggy crest, and a long, thick bill. Its plumage is predominantly blue-gray, with a white collar around its neck, giving the bird its name, and a bright chestnut belly. Ringed kingfishers are found in large parts of the Americas, from Mexico southwards, and they are known for their powerful, diving flight and their ability to catch fish by plunging into water from perches.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Backpackerin via Pixabay

EBJA

🌏 Cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens) #AsianBirds #IndonesianBirds | #CeruleanKingfisher | #RiverKingfishers #Kingfishers 📷: Photo by feathercollector🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌏 Cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens)

The Cerulean kingfisher is a small kingfisher native to Indonesia. It is known for its striking metallic blue plumage, which is accentuated by a white throat and underparts. The bird has a stout body and a long, pointed bill, ideal for catching fish and aquatic invertebrates. The Cerulean kingfisher inhabits freshwater habitats, such as rivers, streams, and mangroves.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by feathercollector via Pixabay

ZWSM

A great first full day for our guests arriving here in The #Gambia y’day!

Western Bluebills, Snowy-crowned Robin Chats & Blue-breasted #Kingfishers at the party!

White-faced Whistling #Ducks whistled over, White-faced Scop´s Owl as Broad-billed, Blue-bellied & Abyssinian #Rollers dazzled!

Broad-billed Roller ©️ Inglorious Bustards

White-faced Scop’s Owl ©️ Inglorious Bustards

African Harrier-Hawk ©️ Inglorious Bustards

We have now arrived in The #Gambia ahead of our guests arrival and we are meeting some amazing #Birds #Nature and our #FlywayFamily

The long-staying Black-casqued #Hornbill and White-faced Scop’s #Owl among our first encounters alongside commonly encountered species that leave you buzzing with ornithological excitement!

Little Bee-eaters, Red-billed Firefinch and Pied #Kingfishers surround us as Green #Monkeys watch the swirling raptors above.

#FlywayBirding

Black-casqued Hornbill ©️ Inglorious Bustards

Red-billed Firefinch ©️ Inglorious Bustards

🌏 Black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) #Asianbirds | #BlackCappedKingfisher | #TreeKingfishers #Kingfishers 📷: Photo by udaykiran0208 🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌏 Black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata)

The Black-capped kingfisher is a medium-sized bird with a black cap, purple-blue wings and back, a white collar, throat, and upper breast, and a large red bill. It inhabits coastal and mangrove areas, as well as inland wetlands and cultivated areas throughout tropical Asia. It is a solitary bird that feeds on fish, insects, crabs, and other small animals. It hunts by perching on a branch and diving into the water to catch its prey. It is a noisy bird with a variety of calls, including a loud, ringing "ki-ki-ki-ki-ki" call. It nests in burrows in riverbanks or earthen walls. No subspecies are recognised. GG 2024 (Edited)

Conservation status: Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by udaykiran0208 via Pixabay

XZEF

Did you know that #Kingfishers eat #Newts? Absolute beautiful savages! Thankfully its Newt-city at that location. Photo by my friend & #Wildlife photographer Martin Yelland of https://choughrock.com 💚 #birds in #Cornwall