There are some birds that cannot sing: the belted kingfisher, for instance; he can only rattle.
Belt′ed, wearing a belt, of a knight: marked with a belt, as the 'belted kingfisher.'
But he leaves when a belted kingfisher comes screaming along the stream.
These birds are chiefly tropical, the belted kingfisher being the only one of the family that is found north of Texas.
The belted kingfisher comes close to the house, where I can watch him fishing as I sit at the window.
Less likely birds that have occurred in Britain are the belted kingfisher and American yellow-billed cuckoo.
