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yellow-billed hornbill kingfisher
European bee-eaters' journey to parenthood
body plans of larger coraciiforms body plans of smaller coraciiforms red-billed hornbill coraciiform foot morphology yellow-billed hornbill
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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coraciiform: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

C. Hilary Fry and Kathie Fry, Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters & Rollers: A Handbook (1992), treats all 123 species. C. Hilary Fry, The Bee-Eaters (1984), discusses in greater detail this one group. More specific studies include Reginald E. Moreau, “The Comparative Breeding Biology of the African Hornbills (Bucerotidae),” Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 107A:331–346 (1937), and “The Nesting of African Birds in Association with Other Living Things,” Ibis, 6:240–263 (1942), which includes insect scavengers found in nests occupied by hornbills.

Austin L. Rand The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

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Links added. Sep 14, 2023
Corrected display issue. Aug 25, 2022
Added video. May 21, 2015
Invalidated site: Order Coraciiformes - Biodiversity Overview: Untamed Science. Dec 01, 2014
Add new Web site: United States History - General Motors Corporation. Jan 06, 2014
Geologic time data updated. Sep 15, 2009
Article revised and updated. Jul 09, 2008
Media added. Oct 04, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 26, 1999
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