Stats

Lifespan

6-10 yrs

Size

Medium

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

East and Southeast Asia

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Rare

About

This bright orange bird lives in the dense forests of East and Southeast Asia. It hunts by diving into water to snatch small fish and crabs with its heavy red beak.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Alcedinidae

Genus

Halcyon

Species

Halcyon coromanda