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The forest kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as Macleay's or the blue kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue and white bird. It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea and coastal eastern and Northern Australia. Like many other kingfishers, it hunts ...
The largest kingfisher in Africa is the giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima), which is 42 to 46 cm (17 to 18 in) in length and 255–426 g (9.0–15.0 oz) in weight. [17] The common Australian kingfisher, known as the laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae), is the heaviest species, with females reaching nearly 500 g (18 oz) in weight. [18]
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Brown-winged kingfisher, Sundarbans, West Bengal, India The tree kingfishers , also called wood kingfishers or Halcyoninae , are the most numerous of the three subfamilies of birds in the kingfisher family, with around 70 species divided into 12 genera , including several species of kookaburras .
The type species is Hombron's kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni). [2] The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek aktis, aktinos for "beam" or "brightness" and -oidēs for "resembling". [ 3 ] A molecular study published in 2017 found that the genus Actenoides , as currently defined, is paraphyletic .
The clutch of a paradise kingfisher consists of around one to three eggs and the young stay within the nest until old enough to leave. [11] Both paradise-kingfisher parents are known to care for the young, incubating and feeding the chicks for 25 days until time to fledge. [10] Photo of an adult Buff-Breasted Paradise Kingfisher
The spotted wood kingfisher occurs in pairs or as a solitary bird but is seldom seen because it moves around in dense cover in the lower storey of the forest. [3] It feeds on beetles and other insects, snails and small vertebrates which it probably finds while foraging on the ground. [4] Typically most vocal at dawn and dusk.
The common kingfisher was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae in 1758 as Gracula atthis. [2] [3] [4] The modern binomial name derives from the Latin alcedo, 'kingfisher' (from Greek ἀλκυών, halcyon), and Atthis, a beautiful young woman of Lesbos, and favourite of Sappho.