- Bird with brilliant blue green plumage - Bright bluish bird - Flyer featuring royal angler - Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the
family Alcedinidae. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by
diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles,
insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are
found in nearly all parts of the world, but are particularly abundant
in the East Indies.