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Common Kingfisher

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 43,449, February 32,091, March 50,279, April 79,101, May 114,051, June 124,365, July 133,079, August 114,447, September 84,025, October 62,718, November 34,272, December 26,786.
United States898,667
Alaska898,665
China4,515
Germany3,525
Russia3,052
United Kingdom3,011
India2,933
France2,602
England2,586
Italy2,429

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Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderRollers, Kingfishers, and Allies · Coraciiformes
FamilyKingfishers · Alcedinidae
GenusTypical River Kingfishers · Alcedo

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