#0606 · 🐦 birds

Common Kingfisher

🇳🇱 IJsvogel ·Alcedo atthis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Mark Kilner · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Frank Sengpiel · CC BY 4.0
3. © Martha de Jong-Lantink · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Erik Eckstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Mousam Ray · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Maurizio Bonora · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © misooksun · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Danny Martin · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The common kingfisher ( Alcedo atthis ) also known as the Eurasian kingfisher , and river kingfisher , is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.

base stats

NL sightings 769iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 65,452iNaturalist observations
weight 4.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).