Common Kingfisher

               The Common Kingfisher

The Common Kingfisher also known as river Kingfisher. It has blue upper parts, orange underparts and a long bill has large head, long, sharp, dagger like beak, short orange colored legs. The color of their wings is a blue/green. Kingfishers are found by slow flowing water such as lakes, canals and rivers.Common Kingfisher measure 17 - 19  centimeters in length, weigh between 34 - 46 grams and have a wingspan of 25 centimeters.






The Kingfishers feed on a wide verity of pray. They are most famous for hunting and eating fish, frogs, worms and spiders.






Kingfishers are cavity nesters, with most species nesting in holes dug in the ground. They have 2 -3 clutches yearly, one in April, another by July. The Common Kingfisher typically lays five to seven glossy, white eggs. After 19 - 21 days of incubation, the chicks hatch out of eggs. Chicks can eat up to 18 fish each per day, and they are fed in rotation by the parents. The chicks normally leave when they are 20 - 25 days old, but can take up to 40 days if the fish supply is poor.