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Ruddy kingfisher. 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 ...
This was the first time a fossil bird received a scientific description. In 1846, Richard Owen named the genus Halcyornis, in reference to the kingfishers, an obsolete name for which was Halcyonidae. The generic name refers to supposed affinities to tree kingfishers. [1]
Halcyon kingfishers are mostly large birds with heavy bills. They occur in a variety of habitats, with woodland of various types the preferred environment for most. They are “sit and wait” predators of small ground animals including large insects, rodents, snakes, and frogs, but some will also take fish.
Tree kingfisher; B. Banded kingfisher; H. Hook-billed kingfisher; W. White-rumped kingfisher This page was last edited on 7 August 2019, at 20:50 (UTC). Text is ...
Kookaburras (pronounced / ˈ k ʊ k ə b ʌ r ə /) [3] [4] are terrestrial tree kingfishers of the genus Dacelo native to Australia and New Guinea, which grow to between 28 and 47 cm (11 and 19 in) in length and weigh around 300 g (11 oz).
State's old-growth tree population decimated. On April 5, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued a press release celebrating its 75th anniversary with an announcement that the Division of ...
The Bradford pear tree is a medium-sized tree that reaches a height of up to 60 feet with bark that is a muted, grayish brown which splits into scales with age. Each tree is commonly in the shape ...
Actenoides is a genus of kingfishers in the subfamily Halcyoninae. The genus Actenoides was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850. 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 ...