Raja-udang (Kingfishers)
Belted Kingfisher
Megaceryle alcyon
- umum
- 40 km/h
- Pemula
- Risiko rendah
Delivers messages with a rattling battle cry. Impossible to miss this one arriving.
- Populasi
- ~1.8 million (global breeding population); declined ~0.9%/yr from 1966-2019 (cumulative ~38% decline), rated 10/20 on the Continental Concern Score ("relatively low conservation concern")
- Habitat
- Streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, and coastlines across North America; nests in burrows dug into earthen banks near open water (including human-made sand/gravel pits), used as a flight corridor for hunting; sensitive to human disturbance near nest sites
- Fakta menarik
- The Belted Kingfisher shows reversed sexual dimorphism for North American birds — the female is more colorful than the male, sporting an extra rufous ("belted") band across her belly that he lacks.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across nearly all of Canada, Alaska, and the continental United States; northern populations migrate south for winter to the southern US, Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies, with rare visits to northern South America; occasional vagrants recorded on Pacific islands (e.g. Galapagos, Hawaii) and in Europe (British Isles, Azores, Iceland, Greenland, Netherlands)
- Makanan
- Almost entirely aquatic prey — dives from a perch or hover to catch small fish (primary prey) and crayfish; also takes amphibians, mollusks, small crustaceans, insects, small mammals, small birds, reptiles, and occasionally berries
- Ukuran
- 0,315 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,53 m
- Masa hidup
- 7 tahun
