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The eggs of kingfishers are invariably white. The typical clutch size varies by species; some of the very large and very small species lay as few as two eggs per clutch, whereas others may lay 10 eggs, the typical is around three to six eggs.
The common kingfisher typically lays two to ten glossy white eggs, which average 1.9 cm ( in) in breadth, 2.2 cm ( in) in length, and weigh about 4.3 g ( oz), of which 5% is shell. [5] Both sexes incubate by day, but only the female incubates at night.
Wildlife artist Robert E Fuller built a kingfisher nest equipped with cameras to get an inside look at the way these majestic birds raise their chicks.Check ...
Watch this kingfisher as she strains to lay a clutch of seven beautiful and brilliant-white eggs. You can watch more kingfisher films here: https://youtube.c...
The burrow consists of a horizontal tunnel with a nesting chamber at the end and are usually about a metre long. The female lays about 5 or 7 white, glossy eggs but sometimes will lay up to 10 eggs. The eggs average 1.9 centimetres in breadth, 2.2 centimetres in length and weigh about 4.3 grams, of which 50% is shell.
Basic facts about Common Kingfisher: lifespan, distribution and habitat map, lifestyle and social behavior, mating habits, diet and nutrition, population size and status.
It nests in burrows along earthen banks and feeds almost entirely on aquatic prey, diving to catch fish and crayfish with its heavy, straight bill. These ragged-crested birds are a powdery blue-gray; males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and a chestnut band.
