Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

The Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) is a 16 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It stays put all year.

Family

Kingfishers

Order

Coraciiformes

Weight

16 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

33

Photo: (c) Tom Kennedy, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist