The Fascinating World of Kingfishers (All 119 Species Compared)

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Take a dive into the wonderful and diverse world of kingfishers. Explore their physical characteristics and how they differ between the different families, the habitats in which they abide and what they eat (not all is what it seems!) and the countries where they are found. Discover over 50 species of kingfisher and what makes them all incredibly unique.
00:00 Physical Characteristics
01:23 Taxonomy, Habitat & Diet
03:16 Breeding
04:16 Conservation Status & Threats
04:46 Distribution
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Monterey Bay (great website)
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Sexual dimorphism is belted kingfishers
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Giant Kingfisher weight
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Common Paradise Kingfisher weight & length
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Weight of a quarter
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@lunaloo6971 Жыл бұрын

as someone who loves birds and has an obsession with kingfishers, this is the best video that has ever been created thank you i love you

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks so much, Luna! Love you too!

@whyareyoureadingmynickname8158 Жыл бұрын

I don't know why, but kingfishers always gave me "What are you gonna do about it?" vibe. For such small birds, they are surprisingly badass. And they're also super cute, of course.

@theflyingdutchguy9870 Жыл бұрын

i always think that if they wanted too. they could totaly tale us down. those beaks look like they would go straight through our skulls😂😂

@philhogan5623 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from S.E. Australia. We get 3 species of kingfisher around here. The Azure, the Sacred, and of course Kookaburras, which are every-bloody-where. By the way, I've never known Kookaburras to hang around in groups except when people feed them. Other than that it's strictly in pairs.

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Interesting thanks, Phil! You are very lucky to be from that area, it looks incredible

@poeticwun Жыл бұрын

I love all these videos man

@pieterbosman6111 Жыл бұрын

What a lovely video! Thanks.

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Pieter! Glad you enjoyed it :)

@AniFam Жыл бұрын

Awesome~👍 Thank you for sharing this video~🤗

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting! 🤗

@adrianrutterford762 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you so very much

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Adrian! Hope you're doing great :)

@louishernandez8197 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos, I live in south Florida and we get some belted and ringed kingfishers occasionally. I really like this video format and would like to see a parrot video like this since there are so many interesting species.

@ihopeihatcharosy 6 ай бұрын

MY FAV BIRD, THANKS

@theflyingdutchguy9870 Жыл бұрын

i knew there where a lot of species all over the planet. but 119 is so wild. we got them here in the netherlands but i never managed to spot one. kookaburra are definately one of my favorite. but can also be the most annoying😂

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Haha! Totally, I was pleasantly surprised at how varied the species there are! I had initially planned to do hummingbirds but there are 300+ species so I will work on that one incrementally!

@theflyingdutchguy9870 Жыл бұрын

@@Textbooktravel good luck buddy😅.

@artemesiagentileschini7348 Жыл бұрын

This list is non-exhaustive. He forgot to list many endemics in Indonesia and the Philippines like the Rufous-lored kingfisher, the southern dimorphic dwarf kingfisher, the southern silvery kingfisher etc ...

@randquadrozzi1280 8 ай бұрын

We watched a kingfisher for years from our porch and He seldom missed his quarry.Big branch went right over the pond made hunting easier.

@leongliyang6946 2 ай бұрын

Can't wait to see humming bird and sunbird

@ottomay6834 Жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a video about wrens!

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion! I've been looking for families with around 100 species so this one looks perfect! Will add wrens to the list, thanks

@cartooncatboy3009 3 ай бұрын

I don’t really know why, but when I see pictures of animals, I like making up species it’s just fun sometimes☺️

@joeshmoe8345 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@RafaCB0987 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful bird, love the blue

@Verx1227 Жыл бұрын

3:57 Is that a double-headed Kingfisher?!?!

@louishernandez8197 Жыл бұрын

No, they just look that way cause of the way the chicks are leaning and the angle of the photo but you can see a little bit of the second chicks neck in the video.

@johnmartindizon667 Жыл бұрын

Spectacular Kingfishers 🩷

@JohnKelvinCustodioJunio-jr4dv 10 ай бұрын

Can you do about Hornbills and Toucans in near future? I find them quite cute

@saigonmonopoly1105 7 ай бұрын

when it wet you can see the reflecting sun light flashing it purple color hue

@ickgtib Жыл бұрын

What about the white throated kingfisher???

@SuperKamiGuruu Жыл бұрын

Android 16 approves this video

@dhruvilkumpavat6037 Жыл бұрын

Its named after Kingfisher u mean?

@bryanbischof4351 Жыл бұрын

Would you be able to upload this data as a csv?

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Hi Bryan, sure thing! I'll try and get it done this weekend and post the link for you (I have it all in MySQL at the moment so I'll have to figure out how to export to CSV)

@artemesiagentileschini7348 Жыл бұрын

You forgot the Todiramphus winchelli

@raphlvlogs271 Жыл бұрын

colourful king fisher species must be very visible to some of their prey considering they are predators.

@kyrab7914 Жыл бұрын

They might see color differently

@JonathanJasperUsi Ай бұрын

I have kingfisher as my pet

@saigonmonopoly1105 7 ай бұрын

thin long peak purple floresene colors short tail eye brow is the best hover

@Bayoll Жыл бұрын

Proud halycon cyanoventris enjoyer 😎

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Haha, me too! Love the colours on that one :)

@Bayoll Жыл бұрын

Kingfishers are the most beautiful bird ever

@colinhames7377 Жыл бұрын

Kingfishers are so freaking cool probs one of my favorite bird groups

@twonumber22 Жыл бұрын

I wish I were specialized.

@billyr2904 Жыл бұрын

The name kingfisher is misleading, as explained in this video, not all kingfishers are fish hunters.

@saigonmonopoly1105 7 ай бұрын

some shared snake eggs chamber 2

@edwardkravchuk5659 11 ай бұрын

plz do moths

@tokoloshe4216 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait for the rodent species video

@billyr2904 Жыл бұрын

Ok, this is a bit insane.

@Textbooktravel Жыл бұрын

Just wait until we get to hummingbirds!!

@indyreno2933 Жыл бұрын

There are thirty extant orders of birds, Tinamiformes (Tinamous), Rheiformes (Rheas), Struthioniformes (Ostriches), Apterygiformes (Kiwis), Casuariiformes (Cassowaries and Emu), Opisthocomiformes (Hoatzin), Falconiformes (Birds of Prey), Galliformes (Gamebirds), Anseriformes (Waterfowl), Gruiformes (Cranes, Limpkin, Trumpeters, Rails, Crakes, Sora, Gallinules, Nativehens, Swamphens, Moorhen, Watercock, Coots, Finfoots, Flufftails, Woodrails, and Forest Rails), Charadriiformes (Shorebirds), Ciconiiformes (Storks, Herons, Egrets, Bitterns, Ibises, and Spoonbills), Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, Shags, Darters, Frigatebirds, Boobies, Gannets, Tropicbirds, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Sunbittern, and Kagu), Procellariiformes (Petrels, Shearwaters, Fulmars, Prions, Albatrosses, and Storm Petrels), Podicipediformes (Grebes), Gaviiformes (Loons), Phoenicopteriformes (Flamingos), Sphenisciformes (Penguins), Pteroclidiformes (Sandgrouse), Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves), Cuculiformes (Cuckoos, Turacos, Bustards, and Mesites), Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars, Nighthawks, Poorwills, Pauraques, Frogmouths, Owlet Nightjars, Potoos, and Oilbird), Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds), Strigiformes (Owls), Trogoniformes (Trogons), Piciformes (Woodpeckers, Honeyguides, Toucans, Barbets, Jacamars, and Puffbirds), Coraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, Motmots, Todies, Hornbills, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes, and Scimitarbills), Coliiformes (Mousebirds), Psittaciformes (Parrots), and Passeriformes (Passerines), birds are also divided into four superorders, Palaeognathae (Tinamous and Ratites), Palaeoaves (Primitive Neognaths), Aequornithes (Water-Based Neoavians), and Telleraves (Land-Based Neoavians), Palaeognathae is split into five extant orders under three extant grandorders, Tinamimorphae (Tinamous and Fossil Relatives) with only the order Tinamiformes, Struthionimorphae (Holotropical Ratites) with the orders Rheiformes and Struthioniformes, and Apterygimorphae (Oceanian Ratites) with the orders Apterygiformes and Casuariiformes, the Palaeoaves superorder contains four extant orders being Opisthocomiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, and Anseriformes, the superorder Aequornithes contains nine extant orders within three grandorders, the grandorders are Gruicharadriae with the orders Gruiformes and Charadriiformes, Ciconiopelecanae with the orders Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes, and Procellariimorphae containing three mirorders being Procellariae with only the order Procellariiformes, Gaviopodicipedae with the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, and Phoenicopterospheniscae with the orders Phoenicopteriformes and Sphenisciformes, and the superorder Telleraves contains twelve extant orders also under three grandorders, the grandorders are Columbimorphae with the orders Pteroclidiformes and Columbiformes, Furitivornithes with the orders Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, and Strigiformes, and Coraciopasserea consisting of two mirorders, Coraciimorphae with the orders Trogoniformes, Piciformes, and Coraciiformes and Passerimorphae with the orders Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes.

@chingyik123 2 ай бұрын

In taxonomy (Clements, 2023), the Class AVES (birds) contains 41 Orders. Each Order contains one or more Family (in total 250 Families - this is the project target

@indyreno2933 2 ай бұрын

@chingyik123, actually, there are just thirty valid extant orders of birds, this is the bird taxonomy as officially recognized:

@chingyik123 2 ай бұрын

@@indyreno2933 just made up this one is recent studies

@indyreno2933 2 ай бұрын

List of bird orders: ⁠1) Tinamiformes (contains 1 family: Tinamidae) ⁠2) Struthioniformes (contains 1 family: Struthionidae) ⁠3) Rheiformes (contains 1 family: Rheidae) ⁠4) Casuariiformes (contains 2 families: Dromaiidae and Casuariidae) ⁠5) Apterygiformes (contains 1 family: Apterygidae) ⁠6) Opisthocomiformes (contains 1 family: Opisthocomidae) ⁠7) Falconiformes (contains 9 families: Cariamidae, Sagittariidae, Aquilidae, Accipitridae, Pandionidae, Aegypiidae, Caracaridae, Falconidae, and Cathartidae) ⁠8) Galliformes (contains 9 families: Megapodiidae, Cracidae, Numididae, Rollulidae, Phasianidae, Odontophoridae, Perdicidae, Tetraonidae, and Gallidae) ⁠9) Anseriformes (contains 6 families: Anhimidae, Anseranatidae, Anseridae, Dendrocygnidae, Anatidae, and Mergidae) ⁠10) Gruiformes (contains 6 families: Sarothuridae, Heliornithidae, Rallidae, Psophiidae, Aramidae, and Gruidae) ⁠11) Charadriiformes (contains 20 families: Pedionomidae, Turnicidae, Thinocoridae, Rostratulidae, Jacanidae, Scolopacidae, Charadriidae, Pluvianellidae, Recurvirostridae, Ibidorhynchidae, Haematopodidae, Glareolidae, Dromadidae, Pluvianidae, Burhinidae, Chionidae, Laridae, Stercorariidae, Sternidae, and Alcidae) ⁠12) Ciconiiformes (contains 3 families: Threskiornithidae, Ardeidae, and Ciconiidae) ⁠13) Pelecaniformes (contains 10 families: Rhynochetidae, Eurypygidae, Scopidae, Balaenicipitidae, Phaethontidae, Sulidae, Fregatidae, Anhingidae, Phalacrocoracidae, and Pelecanidae) ⁠14) Procellariiformes (contains 4 families: Oceanitidae, Hydrobatidae, Diomedeidae, and Procellariidae) ⁠15) Podicipediformes (contains 1 family: Podicipedidae) ⁠16) Gaviiformes (contains 1 family: Gaviidae) ⁠17) Phoenicopteriformes (contains 1 family: Phoenicopteridae) ⁠18) Sphenisciformes (contains 1 family: Spheniscidae) ⁠19) Pteroclidiformes (contains 1 family: Pteroclididae) ⁠20) Columbiformes (contains 1 family: Columbidae) ⁠21) Cuculiformes (contains 4 families: Musophagidae, Cuculidae, Otididae, and Mesitornithidae) ⁠22) Caprimulgiformes (contains 5 families: Caprimulgidae, Aegotgelidae, Podargidae, Nyctibiidae, and Steatornithidae) ⁠23) Apodiformes (contains 3 families: Hemiprocnidae, Apodidae, and Trochilidae) ⁠24) Strigiformes (contains 2 families: Tytonidae and Strigidae) ⁠25) Trogoniformes (contains 1 family: Trogonidae) ⁠26) Piciformes (contains 9 families: Bucconidae, Galbulidae, Indicatoridae, Picidae, Megalaimidae, Lybiidae, Semnornithidae, Capitonidae, and Ramphastidae) ⁠27) Coraciiformes (contains 10 families: Coraciidae, Brachypteraciidae, Leptosomidae, Todidae, Momotidae, Meropidae, Alcedinidae, Upupidae, Phoeniculidae, and Bucerotidae) ⁠28) Coliiformes (contains 1 family: Coliidae) ⁠29) Psittaciformes (contains 8 families: Nestoridae, Strigopidae, Nymphicidae, Cacatuidae, Pezoporidae, Psittaculidae, Psittacidae, and Aridae) ⁠30) Passeriformes (contains 145 families: Acanthisittidae, Pittidae, Philepittidae, Sapayoidae, Eurylaimidae, Calyptomenidae, Pipridae, Cotingidae, Tityridae, Tyrannidae, Melanopareiidae, Conopophagidae, Thamnophilidae, Grallariidae, Rhinocryptidae, Formicariidae, Furnariidae, Menuridae, Atrichornithidae, Climacteridae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pomatostomidae, Orthonychidae, Maluridae, Dasyornithidae, Meliphagidae, Pardalotidae, Acanthizidae, Cinclostomatidae, Campephagidae, Mohouidae, Neosittidae, Psophodidae, Eulacestomidae, Falcunculidae, Oreoicidae, Paramythiidae, Vireonidae, Pachycephalidae, Oriolidae, Machaerirhynchidae, Artamidae, Peltopsidae, Cracticidae, Rhagologidae, Malaconotidae, Pityriaseidae, Aegithinidae, Platysteiridae, Vangidae, Rhipiduridae, Dricruridae, Ifritidae, Monarchidae, Paradisaeidae, Corcoracidae, Melampittidae, Platylophidae, Laniidae, Corvidae, Cnemophilidae, Melanochartidae, Notiomystidae, Callaeidae, Petroicidae, Eupetidae, Chaetopidae, Picathartidae, Hyliotidae, Stenostiridae, Paridae, Remizidae, Panuridae, Alaudidae, Nicatoridae, Macrosphenidae, Cisticolidae, Acrocephalidae, Donacobiidae, Bernieridae, Pnoepygidae, Hirundinidae, Pycnonotidae, Paradoxornithidae, Sylviidae, Zosteropidae, Timaliidae, Leiothrichidae, Pellorneidae, Phylloscopidae, Hyliidae, Aegithalidae, Erythrocercidae, Scotocercidae, Cettiidae, Regulidae, Dulidae, Bombycillidae, Ptiliogonyidae, Hylocitreidae, Hypocoliidae, Mohoidae, Tichodromidae, Sittidae, Certhiidae, Polioptilidae, Troglodytidae, Elachuridae, Cinclidae, Muscicapidae, Turdidae, Buphagidae, Sturnidae, Cinclocerthiidae, Mimidae, Promeropidae, Modulatrichidae, Nectariniidae, Diceidae, Chloropseidae, Irenidae, Peucedramidae, Urocynchramidae, Ploceidae, Viduidae, Estrildidae, Prunellidae, Passeridae, Motacillidae, Fringillidae, Rhodinocichlidae, Passerellidae, Parulidae, Icteriidae, Icteridae, Calyptophilidae, Zeledoniidae, Nesospingidae, Spindalidae, Phaenicophilidae, Plectrophenacidae, Calcariidae, Emberizidae, Mitrospingidae, Thraupidae, Pinicolidae, Loxiidae, Cardinalidae, Drepanididae, and Geospizidae)

@indyreno2933 2 ай бұрын

List of bird superorders: ⁠1) Palaeognathae (contains 5 extant orders: Tinamiformes, Struthioniformes, Rheiformes, Casuariiformes, and Apterygiformes) 2) Palaeoaves (contains 4 extant orders: Opisthocomiformes, Falconiformes, Galliformes, and Anseriformes) ⁠3) Aequornithes (contains 9 extant orders: Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Ciconiiformes, Pelecaniformes, Procellariiformes, Podicipediformes, Gaviiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, and Sphenisciformes) ⁠4) Telluraves (contains 12 extant orders: Pteroclidiformes, Columbiformes, Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, Strigiformes, Trogoniformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes, Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes) List of confirmed bird grandorders: ⁠1) Tinamimorphae (contains 1 order: Tinamiformes) ⁠2) Struthionimorphae (contains 4 orders: Struthioniformes, Rheiformes, Casuariiformes, and Apterygiformes) ⁠3) Gruicharadriae (contains 2 orders: Gruiformes and Charadriiformes) ⁠4) Ciconiopelecanae (contains 2 orders: Ciconiiformes and Pelecaniformes) ⁠5) Procellariimorphae (contains 5 orders: Procellariiformes, Podicipediformes, Gaviiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, and Sphenisciformes) ⁠6) Columbimorphae (contains 2 orders: Pteroclidiformes and Columbiformes) ⁠7) Furitivornithes (contains 4 orders: Cuculiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes, and Strigiformes) ⁠8) Coraciopasserea (contains 6 orders: Trogoniformes, Piciformes, Coraciiformes, Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes) List of confirmed bird mirorders: ⁠1) Struthionorheae (contains 2 orders: Struthioniformes and Rheiformes) ⁠2) Casuarioapterygae (contains 2 orders: Casuariiformes and Apterygiformes) ⁠3) Procellariae (contains 1 order: Procellariiformes) ⁠4) Gaviopodicipedae (contains 2 orders: Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes) ⁠5) Phoenicopterospheniscae (contains 2 orders: Phoenicopteriformes and Sphenisciformes) ⁠6) Coraciimorphae (contains 3 orders: Trogoniformes, Piciformes, and Coraciiformes) ⁠7) Passerimorphae (contains 3 orders: Coliiformes, Psittaciformes, and Passeriformes)