#coraciiform_bird__coraciiformbird chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
supertype: #bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
member of: #order_Coraciiformes
subtype: #roller.coraciiform_bird Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
subtype: #European_roller__Coracias_garrulus common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back
subtype: #ground_roller Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms
subtype: #kingfisher nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish
subtype: #Eurasian_kingfisher__Alcedo_atthis small kingfisher with greenish-blue and orange plumage
subtype: #belted_kingfisher__Ceryle_alcyon grayish-blue North American kingfisher with a chestnut band on its chest
subtype: #kookaburra__laughing_jackass__Dacelo_gigas Australian kingfisher having a loud cackling cry
subtype: #bee_eater__beeeater colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees
subtype: #hornbill bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
subtype: #hoopoe__hoopoo any of several crested Old World birds with a slender down-curving bill
subtype: #Euopean_hoopoe__Upupa_epops pinkish-brown hoopoe with black-and-white wings
subtype: #wood_hoopoe tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest
subtype: #motmot__momot tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage
subtype: #tody tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill
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