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Tree kingfishers are monogamous and territorial, although some species, including three kookaburras, have a cooperative breeding system involving young from earlier broods. The nest is a tree hole, either natural, and old woodpecker nest, or excavated in soft or rotting wood by the kingfishers. Several species dig holes in termite nests. No ...
The paradise kingfishers of New Guinea have unusually long tails for the group. The kookaburra has a call which sounds like laughter. Like many forest-living kingfishers, the yellow-billed kingfisher often nests in arboreal termite nests. The black-backed dwarf kingfisher is considered a bad omen by warriors of the Dusun tribe of Borneo.
The nest is a short burrow into a round chamber within an arboreal termite nest, around 4–12 m (13–39 ft) above the ground. [5] Three to six (usually 4 or 5) white shiny eggs are laid, measuring 25 mm × 22 mm (0.98 in × 0.87 in). [8] Both parents (and possibly any helpers present) incubate the eggs for 18 to 21 days. [5]
The nest is in a burrow excavated by both birds of the pair in a low vertical riverbank, or sometimes a quarry or other cutting. The straight, gently inclining burrow is normally 60–90 cm (25–35 in) long and ends in an enlarged chamber. [8] The nest cavity is unlined but soon accumulates a litter of fish remains and cast pellets. [13]
The nest is a tree hole excavated by a woodpecker or barbet. A single clutch of three round white eggs is typical. The young are cared for by both parents for up to five weeks after leaving the nest. Woodland Kingfisher breeding in the Transvaal takes place from November until March, peaking in December and January.
The white-throated kingfisher is a common species in a variety of habitats, mostly open country in the plains (but has been seen at 7500 ft in the Himalayas [18]) with trees, wires or other perches. The range of the species is expanding. This kingfisher is widespread and populations are not threatened.
The morning after the elephant incident at my tent at Machaba Gomoti Camp, we depart on a game drive, observing the animals of the Okavango Delta congregating around the dwindling watering holes ...
Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher nest in termite mound, Cairns, Jan 2021. In Australia nests are made in termite mounds of Microcerotermes serratus on the ground. Nests have also been recorded in mounds attached to living trees with the bases 1.5–3 m (4.9–9.8 ft) above the ground. The kingfishers use termitaria on the ground as well as in ...