10 Amazing Bird Facts (The Kingfisher)

Many of the world’s kingfishers don’t eat fish and rarely go near water.
The kingfisher doesn’t have a song.
Many young kingfishers die within days of fledging, their first dives leaving them waterlogged so they end up drowning.
Females can lay up to 10 eggs per clutch. The male and female take turns incubating the eggs for three to four weeks until they hatch.
They inspired the design of bullet trains in Japan
They reach a length of 20cm
The young kingfishers fledge after around 23 to 27 days.
During migration, they can travel 3000km
For the Dusun people of Borneo, the Oriental dwarf kingfisher is considered a bad omen, and warriors that see one on the way to battle should return home.
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