What is Kingfisher?
{{Taxobox | name = Kingfisher | image = Actenoides concretus.png | image_width = 240px | image_caption = [[Rufus-collored kingfisher]] <br />(''Actenoides concretus'') | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordata]] | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Coraciiformes]] | subordo = '''Alcedines''' | subdivision_ranks = Families }} [[File:Alcedo azurea - Julatten.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The [[azure kingfisher]]]] '''Kingfishers''' are small birds of the [[Order (biology)|order]] [[Coraciiformes]]. There are about 90 [[species]], mostly in the [[Old World]] and [[Australasia]], Most species are tropical in distribution. Their feathers are often bright colours, such as [[blue]] or [[Orange (color)|orange]]. They have large heads, long, sharp [[Beak|bills]], short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with little differences between the sexes. Most are found only in [[forests]]. They eat a wide range of prey, including fish. They usually catch prey by swooping down from a perch. Many live near rivers and eat fish, but most species live away from water and eat small [[invertebrates]]. Like other birds of their order they nest in holes, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. A quarter of all kingfishers nest in disused [[termite]] nests. == Classification == Based on [[sequence analysis]],<ref>Moyle, Robert G. 2006. Molecular phylogeny of kingfishers (Alcedinidae) with insights into early biogeographic history. ''Auk'' '''123'''(2): 487–499.</ref><ref>Fry C. Hilary; Fry, Kathie & Harris, Alan 1992. ''Kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers''. Christopher Helm. {{ISBN|0-7136-8028-8}}</ref> the 90 or so species of kingfishers are now divided into three families: *River kingfishers (Alcedinidae) *Tree kingfishers (Halcyonidae ) *Water kingfishers (Cerylidae) == Habitat == Kingfishers are found all over the world. They often make their [[nest]]s near [[river]]s where the water flows slowly. They make their nests in tall river banks. They dig a hole in the side of the river bank.