beautiful birds
Learn about birds, the only living dinosaurs and reptiles with feathers and beaks. Explore their diversity, classification, anatomy, behaviour, ecology, and human interactions

Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species living in the tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, but also can be found in Europe and the Americas. They can be found in deep forests near calm ponds and small rivers. The family contains 118 species and is divided into three subfamilies and 19 genera

rioles are bright colored birds, often with contrasting areas of black or dark feathers. Most of the different species have yellow feathers with black patches on their wings, backs, heads, or tails.

he word duck comes from Old English dūce 'diver', a derivative of the verb *dūcan 'to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive', because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending; compare with Dutch duiken and German tauchen 'to dive'.