The Fascinating World of Kingfishers | Masters of the Hunt | Alcedinidae

#question : Why is it called kingfisher?
#answer : The contemporary Latinate name is derived from the Latin terms alcedo, which means “kingfisher”, and Atthis, the name of a young woman from the island of Lesbos, a favourite of Sappho, the famous ancient Greek poet.
#question : Why is kingfisher famous?
#answer : said to be the first bird to fly from Noah's ark after the deluge.
#question : What does kingfisher eat?
#answer : Kingfishers eat mainly fish, chiefly minnows and sticklebacks, but they also take aquatic insects, freshwater shrimps and tadpoles.
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