How does the ruddy kingfisher eat land snails?

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yellow-billed hornbill — Coraciiform Yellow-billed hornbill (*Tockus leucomelas*).

The ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda), a member of the coraciiform order, consumes large land snails by using a specific mechanical technique to access the meat. It seizes the snail with its bill and repeatedly beats it against a rock until the shell breaks, allowing the bird to extract the snail's body for consumption.1