Kingfisher

• Common
• Kookaburra

Kingfisher
Menu
Price	250 Feathers
Bird Category	Unlockable
Species	Common kingfisher
Gameplay
Flying Status	Flying
Flying Animations	3
Extra
Event	No
Remodeled	No
Sexual Dimorphism	No

Kingfisher is a playable bird in Feather Family. This skin was added September 1st, 2023 along with Red Billed Hornbill. It overrode Kookaburra as the main skin for Kingfisher.

Appearance

Chick

The chick is a small, primarily gray bird with a strikingly large and black beak. Its eyes are brown and its face and underbelly are a faded pink. Its wings have small individual feathers poking out. It’s legs are pink.

Adult

The adult is a somewhat small bird with a strikingly large beak with a dark blue upper half and an orange lower half. Its head, back, coverts and tail are light blue while its underbelly, feet and some face markings are orange. Its wings have gray feathers and near its neck and under its eyes are white patches.

Coloring

Chick

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors beak.
• Head - Colors cap and back of head.
• Chest - Colors face and underbelly.
• Body - Colors back.
• Wings- Colors wings.
• Legs - Colors legs.
• Tail - Colors tail tuft.

Adult

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors upper part of beak.
• Head - Colors most of head.
• Neck - Colors neck and patches near beak and under eye.
• Chest - Colors underbelly.
• Body - Colors back.
• Coverts - Colors covert feathers on wing limbs.
• Primary Feathers - Colors primary feathers.
• Secondary Feathers - Colors secondary feathers.
• Legs - Colors legs.
• Tail 1 - Colors tail.
• Tail 2 - Colors underfluffies.
• Talons - Colors claws.
• Extra - Colors throat and lower part of patches under eyes.

Actions

Chick

• Run - Increases walking speed. Speeds up walk cycle.
• Call - Chick makes a three part screech.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Quickly repeats cycle of biting downwards twice then lifting head.
• Hurt - Falls forward with head to its right and legs bent in.
• Eyes - Opens or closes eyes.
• Grow - Allows chick to grow into adult kingfisher.

Adult

• Run - Increases walking speed. Speeds up walk cycle.
• Call - Kingfisher tweets.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Repeats a cycle of biting down then swallowing.
• Hurt - Flips over on its back with legs pointing up.
• Display - Kingfisher stands up facing forward, twitching its head then pointing it ahead.
• Preen - Cleans back with beak.
• Eyes - Opens or closes eyes.
• Fly - Kingfisher takes flight.

Trivia

General

• Kingfisher is the third bird to ever go on sale, the first being Owl and the second being Cockatoo. Kingfisher was put on sale for the Common Kingfisher update.

Common-Based

• Common Kingfisher uniquely can have each half of its beak colored. Beaks are usually entirely colored with one option or can only have different coloring on the tip.

Gallery

Kingfisher on the menu screen.

The game’s icon for the Common Kingfisher and Red Billed Hornbill update.

Kingfisher
Menu
Price	250 Feathers
Bird Category	Unlockable
Species	Laughing kookaburra
Gameplay
Flying Status	Flying
Flying Animations	1
Extra
Event	No
Remodeled	No
Sexual Dimorphism	No

Kingfisher is a playable bird in Feather Family. This bird has been added on January 21st, 2022 as the only version of the bird, being demoted to a skin with the release of Common Kingfisher.

Appearance

Chick

The chick is a small and primarily gray bird. It has a black conical beak and a light brown underbelly. Its eyes are brown while its thighs and legs are a pinkish color. It has a short tail and a large beak compared to its head.

Adult

The adult is a primarily brown bird. Its wings, part of the head and the back are a standard brown. Meanwhile, the underbelly and parts of the head are a lighter brown. It has a large beak with a black top jaw and a light brown bottom jaw. It has blue secondary feathers on the wings and brown eyes. It has some orange plumage on the tail.

Coloring

Chick

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors beak.
• Head - Colors head.
• Chest - Colors chest.
• Body - Colors upper body.
• Wings- Colors wings.
• Legs - Colors legs.
• Tail - Colors tail.

Adult

• Eyes - Colors irises.
• Beak - Colors beak.
• Head - Colors a large portion of its head.
• Neck - Colors the stripe around its neck.
• Chest - Colors chest.
• Body - Colors upper body.
• Coverts - Colors covert feathers on wing limbs.
• Primary Feathers - Colors primary feathers.
• Secondary Feathers - Colors secondary feathers.
• Legs - Colors legs.
• Tail 1 - Colors upper tail.
• Tail 2 - Colors lower tail.
• Talons - Colors claws.
• Extra - Colors head stripes.

Actions

Chick

• Run - Increases walking speed. Speeds up walk cycle.
• Call - Chick makes a noise.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Pecks ground and then lifts head back up to swallow.
• Hurt - Head falls forward with wings spread to the sides.
• Eyes - Opens or closes eyes.
• Grow - Allows chick to grow into adult kingfisher.

Adult

• Run - Increases walking speed. Speeds up walk cycle.
• Call - Kingfisher makes an extended laugh-like noise.
• Sit - Sits down.
• Eat - Pecks ground then slightly lifts head up.
• Hurt - Flips over on its back with legs pointing up.
• Display - Kingfisher leans head forward and aggressively flaps wings while lifting tail.
• Preen - Cleans belly with beak.
• Eyes - Opens or closes eyes.
• Fly - Kookaburra takes flight.

Trivia

General

• Kingfisher is the third bird to ever go on sale, the first being Owl and the second being Cockatoo. Kingfisher was put on sale for the Common Kingfisher update.

Kookaburra-Based

• Kookaburra was the first bird added in 2022.
• Despite ShinyGriffin saying that updates would return to their usual 2 week schedule around late 2021, Kookaburra came out 3 weeks after Cormorant.

Gallery

Kookaburra on the menu screen.

The game’s icon for the Kookaburra update.