kingfisher

See also: Kingfisher

English

Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Alternative forms

• king's fisher (obsolete)

Etymology

Originally king's fisher, from Middle English kyngys fyschare; equivalent to king +‎ fisher. So named for obscure reasons.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪŋˌfɪʃə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

kingfisher (plural kingfishers)

2. Any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines (or the family Alcedinidae sensu lato), having a large head, short tail and brilliant colouration; they feed mostly on fish.
   1. common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Derived terms

• banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella)
• beach kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus)
• belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon)
• blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona)
• blue-capped kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni)
• blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
• brown kingfisher
• common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
• dwarf kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
• Eurasian kingfisher/European kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
• giant kingfisher
• great brown kingfisher
• Guam kingfisher
• jackass kingfisher
• kingfisher daisy (Felicia bergeriana)
• kingfisherlike
• Kingfisher Shores
• kingy
• Leach's kingfisher
• moustached kingfisher
• paradise kingfisher (Tanysiptera spp.)
• pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
• ringed kingfisher
• river kingfisher (Alcedinidae, especially, Alcedo atthis)
• sacred kingfisher
• tree kingfisher (Halcyoninae)
• water kingfisher (Cerylinae)
• white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)

Translations

any of various birds of the suborder Alcedines

• Abinomn: wokin
• Acehnese: cakeuëk
• Apache:

  Western Apache: taba̜a̜zhide

• Arabic: سَلْدَج (ar) m (saldaj), قِرِلَّى m (qirillā)
• Armenian: ալկիոն (hy) (alkion)
• Assamese: মাছৰোকা (masrüka)

  Early Assamese: মাছৰঙ্কা (machoroṅka)

• Asturian: verderríos (ast), martinete (ast)
• Azerbaijani: zərricələr
• Basque: martin arrantzale
• Belarusian: зімародак m (zimaródak)
• Bengali: মাছরাঙা (bn) (machraṅa)
• Breton: diredig
• Bulgarian: синьо рибарче n (sinjo ribarče)
• Catalan: blauet (ca) m, arner m, alció (ca) m, botiguer (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏧᎷ (tsulu)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 翠鳥 / 翠鸟 (zh) (cuìniǎo), 魚狗 / 鱼狗 (zh) (yúgǒu), 翡翠 (zh) (fěicuì), 翡 (zh) (fěi)

• Czech: ledňáček (cs) m
• Danish: isfugl c
• Dutch: ijsvogel (nl) m
• Esperanto: alciono
• Faroese: kyrrfuglur m
• Finnish: kuningaskalastaja (fi)
• French: martin-pêcheur (fr) m
• Galician: gardarríos m, picapeixe (gl) m
• Georgian: ჭარლი (č̣arli), ალკუნი (alḳuni)
• German: Eisvogel (de) m
• Greek: αλκυόνη (el) f (alkyóni)

  Ancient Greek: ἀλκυών f (alkuṓn)

• Gujarati: કલકલિયો (kalakliyo)
• Hawaiian: pakūkaʻā
• Hebrew: שַׁלְדָּג (he) m (shaldág)
• Hungarian: jégmadár (hu)
• Icelandic: bláþyrill (is) m
• Ido: martin-peskero (io)
• Indonesian: raja-udang
• Irish: cruidín
• Italian: martin pescatore (it) m
• Japanese: カワセミ (ja) (かわせみ, kawasemi), 翡翠 (ja) (かわせみ, kawasemi), 魚狗 (かわせみ, kawasemi), 川蝉 (ja) (かわせみ, kawasemi), ヒスイ (ひすい, hisui), 翡翠 (ja) (ひすい, hisui), ショウビン (しょうびん, shōbin), 翡翠 (ja) (しょうびん, shōbin) (larger species)
• Kapampangan: batala
• Kashmiri: کۄلہٕ ٹوٗنٛچ (kọlhụ ṭūnc)
• Latin: alcēdō
• Latvian: zivju dzenītis m
• Luxembourgish: Äisvull m
• Macedonian: рибарче n (ribarče)
• Malagasy: vintsy (mg)
• Malay: raja udang m
• Malayalam: മീൻകൊത്തി (ml) (mīṉkotti), പൊന്മാൻ (ponmāṉ)
• Māori: kōtare
• Nanai: судуй (suduj)
• Navajo: tábąąh naalzheehii
• Norman: pêtcheux m
• Ohlone:

  Southern Ohlone: carsaywa

• Old English: īsearn m, fisċere m
• Persian: ماهی‌خورک (mâhi-xwark)
• Plautdietsch: Iesvoagel n
• Polish: zimorodek (pl) m
• Portuguese: martim-pescador (pt) m, guarda-rios m, pica-peixe (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਮਛੇਰਾ m (macherā)
• Romanian: pescăruș albastru m
• Russian: зиморо́док (ru) m (zimoródok)
• Scottish Gaelic: biorra-crùidein m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: водомар m

  Latin: vodomar (sh) m

• Slovak: rybárik m
• Slovene: vodómec (sl) m
• Spanish: martín pescador (es) m
• Swahili: kurea (sw)
• Swedish: kungsfiskare (sv) c
• Tagalog: susulbot
• Tamil: சிரல் (ta) (ciral), மீன்கொத்தி (ta) (mīṉkotti)
• Thai: กระเต็น (th) (grà-dten)
• Tongan: sikotā
• Turkish: yalıçapkını (tr), emircik (tr), iskele kuşu (tr)
• Ukrainian: зимородок m (zymorodok), рибалочка f (rybaločka), водомороз m (vodomoroz), іванок m (ivanok)
• Unami: chëlìlhwès
• Venetan: pionbìn m
• Vietnamese: bói cá (vi)
• Volapük: gladaböd (♂♀)
• Walloon: rwè-pexheu (wa) m, mårtén-pexheu (wa) m
• Welsh: glas y dorlan m, pioden y dŵr f, pysgotwr (cy) m

See also

• halcyon
• kookaburra

Further reading

• kingfisher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia