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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 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.
Most kingfishers die of cold or lack of food, and a severe winter can kill a high percentage of the birds. Summer floods can destroy nests or make fishing difficult, resulting in starvation of the brood. Only a quarter of the young survive to breed the following year, but this is enough to maintain the population.
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 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 ...
Adults dig their nests in river banks, decaying trees, or tree termite nests. A clutch of two to five round white eggs is typical. The call of this noisy kingfisher is a low and far reaching peer-por-por repeated about every 5 seconds, as well cackling ke-ke-ke-ke-ke-ke. [13]
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.
Coloured plate with the incorrect legend that was used by both Johann Hermann and Pieter Boddaert A laughing kookaburra making a hollow for a nest in an arboreal termite nest. The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae. It is a large robust kingfisher with a whitish head and a brown eye ...