River Kingfishers
Order: Coraciiformes. Family: Cerylidae
River Kingfishers are medium sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
| Common name | Species | Habitat | Breeding Status | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | ML | WV | u | u | u | u |
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Famous quotes containing the words river and/or kingfishers:
“The Xanthus or Scamander is not a mere dry channel and bed of a mountain torrent, but fed by the ever-flowing springs of fame ... and I trust that I may be allowed to associate our muddy but much abused Concord River with the most famous in history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)