The "spotted fish dog" has a dog and a fish in its name, but it is a bird, not only one of the most abundant kingfisher species in the world, but also the best hunter of the kingfisher family.
In addition, it can not only hover above the water like a hummingbird, but also swoop into the water like lightning after finding the prey, stirring up a splash of water, the action is crisp and clean, amazing, and never loses its hand. Although the spotted fish dog is a non-endangered species, it is rare to find a trace in the country, because they are mainly active in plains, streams, rivers, lakes and other open water shores, and the spotted fish dog is very timid, a trace of wind and grass will be disturbed, in order to avoid being disturbed by other races, they choose to leave the branches and go to the steep mountain wall to make holes, just to be able to live a peaceful life.
It is understood that the word "fish dog" has a historical origin, and it is recorded in the Song Dynasty Luo Yuan's article "Erya Yi": "Eagle, tengu. The female nests in the soil. Taste the winter moon from its burrow into a foot, chick in it. Its beak is red and its beak is white. It is also known as the fish and dogs that steal from the ponds of the people of Yilai." Among them, "duck" is another name for kingfisher, and now everyone has different opinions on the name of "spotted fish dog", but it has been agreed for many years, and the strange name is more memorable.