LOCAL NAMES

• Mal pilihuduwa, මල් පිළිහුඩුවා, martín pescador, martin-pêcheur, Eisvogel, martin pescatore, లకుముకిపిట్ట, மீன் மீன், ਕਿੰਗਫਿਸ਼ਰ, किंगफिशर, കിംഗ്ഫിഷർ, नीलकंठ, کنگ فشر, পাতি মাছরাঙা, मछरेंगा, નાનો કલકલિયો, छोटा किलकिला, राम चिरैया, शरीफन, ನೀಲಿ ಮಿಂಚುಳ್ಳಿ, ചെറിയ മീൻകൊത്തി, छोटा खंड्या, धिंदळा (आदिवासी भाग), सानो माटीकोरे, लघु मीनरंक, சிறு நீல மீன்கொத்தி
• Albanian Bilbili i ujit
• Arabic صياد السمك الشائع
• Armenian Երկնագույն ալկիոն
• Asturian Samartín común
• Azerbaijani Adi balıqcıl
• Bangla ছোট মাছরাঙা
• Basque Martin arrantzalea
• Bulgarian Обикновено земеродно рибарче
• Catalan Blauet comú
• Chinese 翠鳥
• Chinese (SIM) 普通翠鸟
• Croatian vodomar
• Czech ledňáček říční
• Danish Isfugl
• Dutch IJsvogel
• English Common Kingfisher
• English (India) Common Kingfisher (Small Blue Kingfisher)
• English (United States) Common Kingfisher
• Finnish kuningaskalastaja
• French Martin-pêcheur d’Europe
• French (French Guiana) Martin-pêcheur d’Europe
• Galician Picapeixe común
• German Eisvogel
• Greek (Ευρωπαϊκή) Αλκυόνη
• Gujarati નાનો કલકલિયો
• Hebrew שלדג גמדי
• Hindi छोटा किलकिला
• Hungarian Jégmadár
• Icelandic Bláþyrill
• Indonesian Raja-udang erasia
• Italian Martin pescatore
• Japanese カワセミ
• Korean 물총새
• Latvian Zivju dzenītis
• Lithuanian Tulžys
• Malayalam ചെറിയ മീൻകൊത്തി
• Marathi छोटा खंड्या
• Mongolian Номин шогшир
• Norwegian isfugl
• Odia ଛୋଟ ମାଛରଙ୍କା
• Persian ماهی ‌خورک کوچک
• Polish zimorodek
• Portuguese (Portugal) Guarda-rios
• Romanian Pescăraș albastru
• Russian Зимородок
• Serbian Vodomar
• Slovak rybárik riečny
• Slovenian Vodomec
• Spanish Martín Pescador Común
• Spanish (Spain) Martín pescador común
• Swedish kungsfiskare
• Telugu నీలి బుచ్చిగాడు
• Thai นกกระเต็นน้อยธรรมดา
• Turkish Yalıçapkını
• Ukrainian Рибалочка блакитний

DESCRIPTION

Alcedo atthis, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution. Beautiful little blue-and-orange bird with a long, pointed bill. Often rather shy despite bright plumage. wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter. This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts and orange underparts. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptations to enable it to see prey under water. Found along rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds—almost any fresh or brackish habitat with small fish. calls are like . Named locally as Mal pilihuduwa or simply pilihuduwa.