Common Kingfisher - Jäälind
It has short and straight-cut tail. Beak is long, straight and with
suddenly outreaching end. Common Kingfisher's head, back and wing feathers are azurite
blue, pate has black and light blue stripes. Common Kingfisher is also known as Eurasian
Kingfisher or River Kingfisher.
Common Kingfisher lives in Eurasia and North-Africa, except for North-Scandinavia.
In Finland it lives at south coast, in Africa it lives in north from Sahara. In Asia it lives in
North-Turkey, Caucasia, West-Iran, India, East-China and more. It is resident in much of its
range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter. In winter Common Kingfisher
travels from north to Mediterranean countries. It is a rare bird in Estonia, up to 1000 birds in
summer, and 100 birds in winter.
Common Kingfisher likes to live by rivers with steep riverside banks, where the water
is clean and still, and flow is slow. It prefers rivers with bushes and trees at the riverside. In
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