RSPB Spotlight Kingfishers

Description

Usually observed as a flash of blue and orange from a riverbank, most people are aware of Kingfishers, but few of us are familiar with the intricacies of their day-to-day lives. With their long, dagger-like bills, bright blue plumage and characteristic fast, low flight over water, common kingfishers are instantly recognisable. The 90 or so species that belong to this colourful family have a cosmopolitan distribution and, in ‘Spotlight Kingfishers’, David Chandler celebrates their remarkable existence, studying their unique adaptations and their courtship, breeding and feeding habits.