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a grayish-blue, North American kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon, having a white breast marked with a grayish-blue band. See illus. under kingfisher.[1805-15, Amer.]
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belted kingfisher
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Belted Kingfisher — Adult male Adult female … Wikipedia
belted kingfisher — noun greyish blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest • Syn: ↑Ceryle alcyon • Hypernyms: ↑kingfisher • Member Holonyms: ↑Ceryle, ↑genus Ceryle * * * noun : a No. Ame … Useful english dictionary
belted kingfisher — baltapilvis keršasis tulžys statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Ceryle alcyon; Megaceryle alcyon; Streptoceryle alcyon angl. belted kingfisher vok. Gürtelfischer, m rus. опоясанный пегий зимородок, m pranc. martin pêcheur d… … Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas
belted kingfisher — noun Date: 1811 a North American kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon syn. Megaceryle alcyon) that is slate blue above and white below with a slate blue breast band and an additional chestnut colored band in the female … New Collegiate Dictionary
Kingfisher — Taxobox name = Kingfishers image caption = Belted Kingfisher ( Ceryle alcyon ) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Coraciiformes subordo = Alcedines subdivision ranks = Families subdivision = Alcedinidae Halcyonidae… … Wikipedia
kingfisher — /king fish euhr/, n. any of numerous fish or insect eating birds of the family Alcedinidae that have a large head and a long, stout bill and are usually crested and brilliantly colored. [1400 50; KING + FISHER; r. king s fisher, late ME kinges… … Universalium
Kingfisher — King fish er (k[i^]ng f[i^]sh [ e]r), n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family {Alcedinid[ae]}. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing them with the beak; others feed only upon… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Water kingfisher — Water Kingfishers Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
Megaceryle alcyon — Megaceryle alcyon … Wikipedia Español
Megaceryle — A male Belted Kingfisher Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
