The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers 污染可能会造成河边大量繁殖的翠鸟大批死亡。
Herons plodded the shores, kingfishers and cuckoos clattered from sunlight to shade, great turkeylike birds fussed in dead branches, and hawks hung overhead. 苍鹭在岸边缓缓地迈着步子,翠鸟和杜鹃欢叫着从阳光里飞入树荫,火鸡模样的大鸟在枯枝间忙碌,鹰在头上盘旋。
We saw kingfishers while indigenous fishermen paddled by in dugout canoes, their wicker baskets filled with river oysters. 我们也看到了翠鸟,也与划着独木舟的当地土著渔民擦身而过,他们的柳筐中装满了河蚌。
As usual, a pair of White-Breasted Kingfishers nest near my home this summer. 每年夏天,白胸翡翠都会在我家附近营巢育雏。
Kingfishers hunting at Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. 翠鸟猎食在王后伊丽莎白国家公园,乌干达。
Bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers. 非洲和亚洲的热带鸟,其嘴巨大且长在多骨的凸起物上;与翠鸟近缘。