| English Name: Kingfisher |
Spanish Name: Martin Pescador
Size: up to 13 inches
Life span: up to 15 years
-Revised by: Jacques
Small fish, insects, grasshoppers, beetles, and small reptiles.
Predators: humans, snakes
Adaptations: They have long beaks to catch fish under water and
to catch small insects on dry land. Short tails so when they go under water
it wont produce "drag" and turn better.
Interesting Facts: They have long bills, short tails, brilliant
plumage, there are over 80 species of kingfishers living in many places of
the entire world, when they go fishing, they dive in the water and fish the
fish out with their long beaks.When the kingfishers nest their eggs, they
nest a distance from water, because they are afraid that something will eat
them.
Bibliography: (go to MLA site)
Cavendish, Marshall. international wildlife encyclopedia. New York: bpc publishing limited, 1994.
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