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Belted kingfisher   /bˈɛltəd kˈɪŋfˌɪʃər/   Listen
Belted kingfisher

noun
1.
Greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest.  Synonym: Ceryle alcyon.





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"Belted kingfisher" Quotes from Famous Books



... yellowthroats; and at short intervals, soaring for a moment high over the other voices, sounded the thrilling, throbbing notes of the cardinal, broken suddenly and drowned by the roll of the flicker, the wild, weird cry of the great-crested flycatcher, or the rapid, hay-rake rattle of the belted kingfisher. ...
— Roof and Meadow • Dallas Lore Sharp
... of a February day, we may, on very rare occasions, be fortunate enough to hear unexpected sounds, such as the rattle of a belted kingfisher, or the croak of a night heron; for these birds linger until every bit of pond or lake is sealed with ice; and when a thaw comes, a lonely bat may surprise us with a short flight through the frosty air, before it ...
— The Log of the Sun - A Chronicle of Nature's Year • William Beebe


Words linked to "Belted kingfisher" :   Ceryle, genus Ceryle, Ceryle alcyon, kingfisher


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