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Definition of Belted kingfisher
1. Noun. Greyish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belted Kingfisher
Literary usage of Belted kingfisher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists (1869)
"NEST OF THE belted kingfisher. — I notice from articles in the September and June
numbers relating to the belted kingfisher, that Mr. Endicott and Mr. Wood ..."
2. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"The belted kingfisher!—Now, were I infected with the desire of giving new names
... The belted kingfisher is a constant resident in the States of Louisiana, ..."
3. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"THE belted kingfisher Teacher's Story HIS patrol of our streams and lake shores,
in his cadet uniform, is indeed a military figure as well as a militant ..."
4. A Popular Handbook of the Ornithology of Eastern North America by Thomas Nuttall (1896)
"belted kingfisher. CERVI.E ALCYON. CHAR. Above, slaty blue; head with long crest:
beneath, white. Male with blue band across breast. ..."
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