http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/tags/white/ Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:24:00 -0700 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:24:00 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3437/buddyicons/40308255@N04.jpg?1262710440#40308255@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/tags/white/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/4252291352/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/lucie_et_philippe/">Lucie et Philippe</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/4252291352/" title="Pied Kingfisher - Amboseli National Park - Wildlife in Kenya"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2749/4252291352_e20e391173_m.jpg" width="240" height="225" alt="Pied Kingfisher - Amboseli National Park - Wildlife in Kenya" /></a></p> <p>Re-edited...<br /> <br /> Alcyon pie - Ceryle rudis<br /> <br /> Physical Description <br /> <br /> Ceryle rudis is a medium-sized kingfisher and has the distinctive kingfisher body type, with a large head, small body, small feet, and long, dagger-like bill. They have distinctive black and white coloration, spotted on the wings, and with a black crown on the head. <br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers occur in sub-saharan African, the Middle East, the Asia mainland, and southern China. They are common in sub-saharan Africa, along the Nile, and east Egypt. In Pakistan, they are widely distributed across Punjab and the Sind plains. They are rare in Cyprus, Greece, and Poland. <br /> <br /> Size <br /> <br /> The typical body length is 25 to 29 cm, wing length is 13.3 to 14.2 cm, and tail length is 6.6 to 7.4 cm. There are no size differences between male and female birds. <br /> Geographic Range<br /> <br /> Habitat<br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers live along streams, lakes, rivers, estuaries, irrigation ditches, canals, bays, floodlands, and reedy inlets. Near mountainous areas, they live in lower river valleys. They usually avoid mangroves and large swamps. The habitat of C. rudis ranges from seashores up to 2,500 m above sea level. They are less abundant near fast flowing waters. <br /> <br /> Reproduction<br /> <br /> Courtship involves dancing displays and males offering food to females. Dancing displays are gregarious and done with 3 to 12 males at one time. They noisily call to each other while holding their wings half spread and may also engage in fights by interlocking their beaks or holding their wings. Males attract females by offering food over a period of about three weeks. <br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers breed in winter in northern and southern parts of their range and breed in any month near the equator. Pairs are monogamous, and both sexes assist in digging nest holes in soft earth. <br /> <br /> Food<br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers primarily eat fish. Unlike other kingfishers, pied kingfishers swallow their fish in flight after plunging. Pied kingfishers may also take aquatic insects, crustaceans, and ,more rarely, amphibians and mollusks. <br /> <br /> Conservation Status<br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers are not currently threatened. They are rather abundant and are the most common species of kingfisher throughout their range. <br /> <br /> Scientific Classification<br /> <br /> Kingdom: Animalia <br /> Phylum:: Chordata <br /> Subphylum:: Vertebrata <br /> Class:: Aves<br /> Order:: Coraciiformes <br /> Family:: Alcedinidae <br /> Species:: Ceryle rudis <br /> <br /> more pictures : <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/sets/">www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/sets/</a></p> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:24:00 -0700 2007-12-14T16:57:43-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Lucie et Philippe) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/4252291352 -2.652936 37.227172 -2.652936 37.227172 2345943 Pied Kingfisher - Amboseli National Park - Wildlife in Kenya <p>Re-edited...<br /> <br /> Alcyon pie - Ceryle rudis<br /> <br /> Physical Description <br /> <br /> Ceryle rudis is a medium-sized kingfisher and has the distinctive kingfisher body type, with a large head, small body, small feet, and long, dagger-like bill. They have distinctive black and white coloration, spotted on the wings, and with a black crown on the head. <br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers occur in sub-saharan African, the Middle East, the Asia mainland, and southern China. They are common in sub-saharan Africa, along the Nile, and east Egypt. In Pakistan, they are widely distributed across Punjab and the Sind plains. They are rare in Cyprus, Greece, and Poland. <br /> <br /> Size <br /> <br /> The typical body length is 25 to 29 cm, wing length is 13.3 to 14.2 cm, and tail length is 6.6 to 7.4 cm. There are no size differences between male and female birds. <br /> Geographic Range<br /> <br /> Habitat<br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers live along streams, lakes, rivers, estuaries, irrigation ditches, canals, bays, floodlands, and reedy inlets. Near mountainous areas, they live in lower river valleys. They usually avoid mangroves and large swamps. The habitat of C. rudis ranges from seashores up to 2,500 m above sea level. They are less abundant near fast flowing waters. <br /> <br /> Reproduction<br /> <br /> Courtship involves dancing displays and males offering food to females. Dancing displays are gregarious and done with 3 to 12 males at one time. They noisily call to each other while holding their wings half spread and may also engage in fights by interlocking their beaks or holding their wings. Males attract females by offering food over a period of about three weeks. <br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers breed in winter in northern and southern parts of their range and breed in any month near the equator. Pairs are monogamous, and both sexes assist in digging nest holes in soft earth. <br /> <br /> Food<br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers primarily eat fish. Unlike other kingfishers, pied kingfishers swallow their fish in flight after plunging. Pied kingfishers may also take aquatic insects, crustaceans, and ,more rarely, amphibians and mollusks. <br /> <br /> Conservation Status<br /> <br /> Pied kingfishers are not currently threatened. They are rather abundant and are the most common species of kingfisher throughout their range. <br /> <br /> Scientific Classification<br /> <br /> Kingdom: Animalia <br /> Phylum:: Chordata <br /> Subphylum:: Vertebrata <br /> Class:: Aves<br /> Order:: Coraciiformes <br /> Family:: Alcedinidae <br /> Species:: Ceryle rudis <br /> <br /> more pictures : <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/sets/">www.flickr.com/photos/lucie_et_philippe/sets/</a></p> Lucie et Philippe voyage africa travel white black bird birds pie nationalpark amazing bravo king noir martin kenya wildlife aves safari e kingfisher pied bianco blanc nero oiseau philippe fischer pescador oiseaux pescatore afrique martín amboseli pío alcedinidae langel ceryle alcyon chordata kingfishers vertebrata rudis martinpêcheur kingfischer coraciiformes eisvogel martinpecheur abigfave flickrdiamond graufischer kirjokalastaja guardariosmalhados gråfisker terneisfugl