Common Kingfisher Gallery

Wildlife of New Guinea, chromolithograph, published in 1895

Wildlife of New Guinea: 1) Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossidae); 2) Bennett's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus bennettianus); 3) Palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus); 4) Western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata); 5) Northern cassowary - chick (Casuarius unappendiculatus); 6) Common paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea); 7) Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus); 8) Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, (Paradisaea raggiana); 9) Blue bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi); 10) King bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus regius, male); 11) Black Sicklebill (Epimachus speciosus); 12) Western parotia (Parotia sefilata). Chromolithograph, published in 1895

Common Kingfisher - Alcedo atthis

Vintage lithograph from 1883 of a Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), also known as Eurasian Kingfisher or River Kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa

© Duncan Walker

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Kingfisher -Alcedo atthis-, female preening, Swabian Alb biosphere reserve, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Kingfisher -Alcedo atthis-, female preening, Swabian Alb biosphere reserve, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) also known as Eurasian kingfisher, or river kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill

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