kingfisher
Noun
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Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill;
Usually crested and bright-colored;
Feed mostly on fish (synset 101830044)is a type of: coraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holessubtypes:- alcedo atthis, eurasian kingfisher - small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
- belted kingfisher, ceryle alcyon - greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
- dacelo gigas, kookaburra, laughing jackass - Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
belongs to: alcedinidae, family alcedinidae - kingfishers
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