{"id":1656,"date":"2025-07-03T12:07:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1656"},"modified":"2025-08-23T00:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:43:40","slug":"common-kingfisher-alcedo-atthis","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/product\/common-kingfisher-alcedo-atthis\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong data-start=\"4\" data-end=\"25\">Common Kingfisher<\/strong> (<em data-start=\"27\" data-end=\"42\">Alcedo atthis<\/em>) is a small, brightly coloured bird found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, typically near slow-moving or still freshwater habitats. Its dazzling plumage\u2014iridescent blue upperparts and rich orange underparts\u2014makes it instantly recognisable, especially as it darts low over water in search of prey. Despite its vibrant appearance, the kingfisher is a stealthy hunter, perching silently above the water before diving with remarkable speed and precision to catch fish and aquatic insects. It nests in burrows dug into riverbanks and is highly territorial. Though widespread, the Common Kingfisher is sensitive to water pollution and habitat disturbance, making it an important indicator species for freshwater ecosystem health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a small, brightly coloured bird found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, typically near slow-moving or still freshwater habitats. Its dazzling plumage\u2014iridescent blue upperparts and rich orange underparts\u2014makes it instantly recognisable, especially as it darts low over water in search of prey. Despite its vibrant appearance, the kingfisher is&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/product\/common-kingfisher-alcedo-atthis\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15,48],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1656","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-all","7":"product_cat-bird-series","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1656"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1656"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalheavenlybody.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}