Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Alcedinidae
Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. There are 93 species worldwide and 4 species which occur in Egypt.
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis; Anc.E.g.: Hnty 'the one of the canal'
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis; Anc.E.g.: cnHb.t < cn-nHb.t 'the one turning around the neck (when hoovering above water spying fish)'
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Egypt
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