The kookaburra, often called the laughing kookaburra, is a large subgroup of the kingfisher bird. It is diurnal ... between August and January. Both the male and female will call out to each ...

Alcedo atthis (also known as the Eurasian, European, or river kingfisher ... tiny little birds have got to hold down a whole mile of river," explains Hamilton James. Neither male nor female ...

The University has not had a mascot since the removal of Chief Illiniwek in 2007. Students are pushing for the kingfisher to ...

"But the kingfisher is the main attraction." Kingfishers are territorial birds that rarely stray from ... and there are now multiple male kingfishers in this particular area fighting for territory.

All nine Guam kingfishers released on Palmyra Atoll last September are alive and thriving in their new environment, marking a ...