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SpeciesCoraciiformesAlcedinidae
Birds

🐦Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus, 1758)

普通翠鸟(學名:Alcedo atthis,台湾称翠鳥,英語:Common kingfisher、Eurasian kingfisher、River kingfisher),又稱鴗、魚狗、魚獅、魚虎、翡翠鳥、釣魚翁,是佛法僧目翠鳥科翠鳥屬下的其中一種鳥類。這個物種由瑞典博物學家卡爾·林奈於1758年命名,分佈於歐亞非三塊大陸上的水域邊,主要以魚類為食。目前普通翠鳥共有7個亞種,是世界上最小,也是最為人所知的翠鳥科成員之一。 普通翠鳥是在大多數歐洲地區唯一可見的翠鳥科物種,在溫暖的地區為留鳥,而在高緯度地區的冬季時牠們則會向南遷徙。其外觀上是明顯的藍綠色及橘色,以及背上一條寶石藍色的條紋。雌雄之間可由下半鳥喙的顏色區分:雄鳥跟上半喙一樣為黑色,而雌鳥則帶有紅色。這種鳥類易與其他數種翠鳥混淆,但通常可從其橫貫眼睛及耳羽之間的橘色條紋區分。牠們相當適應於潛水,並有著特化的視覺構造而能看清水面下的獵物,甚至能夠穿越薄冰層去捕捉獵物。 這種鳥類通常採一夫一妻制,在沿岸的河床邊掘洞築巢繁殖後代,每次約產5—7枚蛋,19—21天後孵化,並在24—27天後離巢。在文化層面上,普通翠鳥在東西方文化中都有出現在相關的神話及藝術創作內,並有一定程度的正面意涵存在。但這個物種的數量因對水質跟沿岸環境需求甚高,且同時對嚴冬的耐受性相當低的因素,其族群正在逐步减少。不過目前其數量仍然眾多且分佈廣泛,在《國際自然保護聯盟瀕危物種紅色名錄》中被評為無危物種。

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≈ 1/1,990th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.03 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
21 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Common Kingfisher

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.03 kg
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 0.03 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.03 m
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Wing length
0.07 m
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Beak length
0.04 m
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Tarsus length
0.01 m
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Maximum lifespan
21 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Riverine
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Insessorial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common Kingfisher yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderCoraciiformes
  5. ›familyAlcedinidae
  6. ›genusAlcedo
  7. ›speciesAlcedo atthis
Full lineage
  1. superclassSarcopterygii
  2. superclassTetrapoda
  3. orderSauria
  4. classBirds · Aves
All 9 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
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More about the Common Kingfisher

Closest relative on this site
🐦 European Bee-eater — last shared an ancestor ≈ 61 million years ago.
In other languages
普通翠鸟 (zh), zimorodek zwyczajny (pl), Alcedo atthis (es), jégmadár (hu), Αλκυόνη (el), kungsfiskare (sv) … and 28 more languages

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