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:
“We are bare. We are stripped to the bone
and we swim in tandem and go up and up
the river, the identical river called Mine
and we enter together. No one’s alone.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)