Coraciiform Bird
Of bird and Coraciiformes.
Chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes.
This concept's ID is @1~9270
Contains
- kingfisher
Nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested...
- roller
Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers.
- hoopoe
Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill.
- bee eater
Colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially...
- hornbill
Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance;...
- wood hoopoe
Tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest.
- motmot
Tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage.
- tody
Tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill.