Fish dog is another name for the common kingfisher. Because it often rests upright on low branches or rocks near the water, waiting for opportunities to prey on fish and shrimp, it is also known as fish tigers and fish dogs.
The big fish dog is the largest kingfisher in Africa in the kingfisher family.
Crowned fish dog: Is a medium-sized bird. This fish dog has a pronounced crest on its head.
Crowned fish dog, body feathers black, with many white ovals or other large spots of shape, the middle of the crown is basically all white, only a few white round spots.
The spotted fish dog is a medium-sized bird of the kingfisher family and the genus Fish Dog, which is very similar in appearance to the crowned fish dog, with black and white spots throughout, but is smaller in size and has shorter crown feathers on the top of the head.
Spotted fish dogs, spotted fish dogs females and males are similar.
These birds are all birds of the kingfisher family, I wonder why ornithologists call them fish dogs?