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A malachite kingfisher with bright blue and orange plumage perches on a branch in Mkuzi Game Reserve, South Africa. belted kingfisher Blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) perched on a branch, showing brown, white, and bright blue feathers with a blurred green background.
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Kingfisher: References & Edit History

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  • Sy Montgomery
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 12, 2026
Modified link of Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface - Repeated evolution of drag reduction at the air–water interface in diving kingfishers. Oct 27, 2026
Add new Web site: ABC listen - NT Sundays - Bird of The Week: Kingfishers. Mar 10, 2026
Add new Web site: Oiseaux Birds - Common Kingfisher. Sep 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Paleontological Research Institution - What are kingfishers? May 10, 2025
Add new Web site: KU ScholarWorks - A molecular phylogeny of kingfishers (alcedinidae) with insights into early biogeographic history (PDF). Jan 03, 2025
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Interface - Repeated evolution of drag reduction at the air–water interface in diving kingfishers. May 25, 2024
Add new Web site: British Trust for Ornithology - Kingfisher. Nov 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Alcedinidae. Jun 15, 2023
Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Kingfisher. Mar 20, 2014
Add new Web site: Creagrus - Kingfisher. Jul 02, 2013
Add new Web site: Birds of Britain - Kingfisher. Mar 12, 2013
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Animals and Plants - Kingfisher. Mar 12, 2013
Add new Web site: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Kingfisher. Mar 12, 2013
Add new Web site: Siyabona Africa - Kingfisher. Mar 12, 2013
Add new Web site: A Z Animals - Kingfisher. Nov 24, 2011
Add new Web site: All About Birds - Kingfishers. Nov 24, 2011
Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Kingfisher. Nov 24, 2011
Text added describing the conservation status of kingfishers. Aug 31, 2011
Added image of belted kingfisher. Jun 30, 2010
Article revised and updated. Oct 10, 2008
Media added. Oct 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. May 22, 2008
Added new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Jeanette MacDonald. May 08, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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