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KINGFISHER FACT FILE. By Brandon and Alex. CONTENTS. Appearance Habitat Diet Other species Interesting facts. Appearance. Blue feathers Small bird Small black beak Black eyes Orange breastchest Pointy beak Sharp black claws. HABITAT.
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KINGFISHER FACT FILE By Brandon and Alex
CONTENTS Appearance Habitat Diet Other species Interesting facts
Appearance Blue feathers Small bird Small black beak Black eyes Orange breast\chest Pointy beak Sharp black claws
HABITAT • The kingfisher population undergoes fluctuations, but there is no long-term trend in numbers. • It is vulnerable to spells of severe winter weather, since when water bodies freeze over kingfishers are unable to feed. Kingfishers usually live near ponds ,rivers or streams The kingfisher may also exploit brackish waters on the coast and marshes.
DIET Fish Frogs Worms Insects Centipedes Even snakes Molluscs
SIMILAR SPECIES herons resemble birds in some other families, such as the storks, ibises, spoonbills and cranes, they differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched. They are also one of the bird groups that have powder down. Some members of this group nest colonially in trees, while others, notably the bitterns, use reed bed. It hunts fish for its food. Just like a kingfisher
INTRESTING FACTS Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey as well as fish, usually caught by swooping down from a perch. Like other members of their order they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. A few species, principally insular forms, are threatened with extinction. In Britain, the word 'kingfisher' normally refers to the Common Kingfisher.