Ruddy kingfisher
Coraciiformes / Family: Alcedinidae
- Total length
- approx. 27.5 cm
- Range
- The Ryukyu Islands (south of the Amami Islands)
It captures and eats small creatures such as crabs, lizards, frogs, earthworms, insects, centipedes, and fish. In the diorama, it appears to be targeting something at the waterside.
Adult birds are entirely reddish-brown, with a thick, vivid red beak and legs.
As a summer visitor to Tokunoshima, its breeding occurs from April to July, during which it calls out at dawn and dusk with a far-reaching, tapering "kyororo-rrrr" sound. It lays eggs in tree hollows or crevices on cliffs. The chicks excrete in the nest, and since the parents do not clean it, the nest gradually becomes dirtier as the chicks grow.
Habitat of This Animal:
A:Forest along the valley - A2:Forest along the mountain streams
In Tokunoshima Island, abundant rainwater carved the ground, forming many rows of ridges and valleys. Plants adapting to the flowing and drying up of water grow in the harsh environment, where water swells and depletes every time rain falls. The waterfront is also a habitat for many creatures, including endemic species, with frogs and dragonflies breeding.
This A2:Forest along the mountain streams