European kingfisher, common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida)

Query: Common kingfisher

Result: 19^th of 165

Subject:	European kingfisher, common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida)
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Description
British ornithology : being the history, with a coloured representation, of every known species of British birds /
Date 1821.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/18961177365
Author George Graves
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_ornithology_(18961177365).jpg

The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher, and river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.

European Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis ispida (Linnaeus, 1758). Breeds from Ireland, Spain and southern Norway to Romania and western Russia and winters south to Iraq and southern Portugal.

Common kingfisher
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