Fastest

Fastest
Zügelliest ( Halcyon malimbica ) in Gambia
Systematics
Class : Birds (aves) Order : Rockers (Coraciiformes) Family : Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) Subfamily : Lieste (Halcyoninae) Genre : Halcyon Type : Fastest
Scientific name
Halcyon malimbica
( Shaw , 1811)

The Zügelliest ( Halcyon malimbica ) is a bird of the kingfishers family (Alcedinidae).

features

The bridle reaches a length of about 25 centimeters. The head, back, wings and tail are colored blue. The underside is white with a blue chest band. His shoulders are black. Two toes are partially fused together. The top of the beak is red, the bottom black and curved upwards. Males and females are similar in appearance. Young animals have somewhat more muted colors than adult animals.

The call is a descending and quieter sequence of seven to ten plaintive tones.

Occurrence

The Zügelliest is widespread in tropical West and Central Africa. It lives in forests that border open landscapes, including secondary forests and mangrove swamps .

food

Insects , arthropods , fish and frogs are typical foods in the rein . Occasionally, however, it also eats the fruits of the oil palm.

Reproduction

Reins usually breed in burrows within termite mounds and typically lay two eggs.

literature

• Colin Harrison & Alan Greensmith: Birds. DK Nature Library, ISBN 3-8310-0785-3 .

Web links

Commons : Zügelliest ( Halcyon malimbica )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Halcyon malimbica in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2008. Accessed on December 19 of 2008.
• Videos, photos and sound recordings for Halcyon malimbica in the Internet Bird Collection