Species status: Oddly enough, the often-criticized practices of sand and gravel mining have helped kingfisher populations in some areas by creating additional nesting habitat. Also, belted ...

One naturalist witnessed a kingfisher swim three to four feet under the water before surfacing. The meal is flown back to a perch and often swallowed whole. Belted kingfishers have a habit of ...

The belted kingfisher might not seem like a bird you ... open streams and stream crossings under roads may provide key habitat for a wintering kingfisher. Areas where industrial or treated waters ...

Belted kingfishers are easy to identify ... marsh or coastal zone and not see a kingfisher. The most important habitat feature seems to be clear water, which makes fish easy to see.

The years roll on and I discover the belted kingfisher has cousins galore ... there are 118 species in three different genera scattered across the globe organized by habitat: water, tree and river ...

Here and there, more and more, the blue and orange bird known as the belted kingfisher is starting to appear outside its normal habitat of lakefronts and riverbanks. It has become widespread ...

Birdwatchers in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, are keeping their eyes on the sky for an unusual visitor: a belted kingfisher, making an appearance about 800 kilometres north of its normal habitat ...

Kingfishers have also become displaced because of habitat loss. Making the belted kingfisher our mascot could help bring awareness to conservation efforts. A bird that is so unique and important to ...