{"id":84,"date":"2012-06-15T17:25:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T17:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sgtworld.com\/birding\/?p=84"},"modified":"2015-10-09T07:51:49","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T07:51:49","slug":"male-or-female-kingfisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/06\/15\/male-or-female-kingfisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Male or Female Kingfisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To those of you who have been <a title=\"Kingfisher at Lopwell Dam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/2011\/12\/birding-at-lopwell-dam\/\">lucky to spot a Kingfisher<\/a> perched by or hovering over a small river, have you ever wondered if the Kingfisher was a male or a female?<\/p>\n<p>The way you can tell if from the colour of the underside of their beaks. The female Kingfisher has a red underside whereas a male has a black underside. \u00a0As the colours are so contrasted, it is very easy to spot if it is a male or female.<\/p>\n<p>So next time you come across a Kingfisher, have a look at the underside of the beak!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/female-kingfisher.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-85 size-full\" title=\"Adult Female Kingfisher\" src=\"http:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/female-kingfisher.jpg\" alt=\"Adult Female Kingfisher\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adult Female Kingfisher, image from the RSPB website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To those of you who have been lucky to spot a Kingfisher perched by or hovering over a small river, have you ever wondered if the Kingfisher was a male or a female? The way you can tell if from the colour of the underside of their beaks. The female Kingfisher has a red underside <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/2012\/06\/15\/male-or-female-kingfisher\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;Continue reading<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[33],"tags":[69,38,68],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdingblog.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}