nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish
Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing them with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc
A kingfisher is a brightly-coloured bird which lives near rivers and lakes and catches fish. a small brightly-coloured bird with a blue body that catches fish in rivers. Any of about 90 species of birds (family Alcedinidae), many of which fish for their food. Solitary birds, kingfishers are found worldwide but are chiefly tropical. They have a large head, long and usually narrow bill, compact body, small feet, and usually a short or medium-length tail. Species range from 4 to 18 in. (10-45 cm) long; most have bright, boldly patterned plumage, and many are crested. They utter rattling or piping calls, and they plunge into the water for small fish and other aquatic animals. The only widespread North American species, the belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon), is bluish gray above and white below. The forest kingfishers (e.g., kookaburra) have a broader bill
Any of various fishes, among them certain species of mackerel and a drum. The king mackerel, or kingfish (Scomberomorus cavalla), is a western Atlantic fish about 67 in. (170 cm) long and weighing 79 lbs (36 kg) or more. The kingfish, or whiting (Menticirrhus saxatilis), of the Atlantic, is notable among drums in that it lacks an air bladder
large game fish of Australia and New Zealand any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast the lean flesh of any of several fish caught off the Atlantic coast of the United States