Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis / שלדג גמדי

The Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a playable bird in Wingsy: Avian Adventures. Perches on high wires or pool edges, focuses on snails, frogs and fish, then plunges in a high-speed vertical dive to a precision splashdown.

Common Kingfisher perched, the 3D model from the game — The 3D model. This is the same model you fly in the game. Drag to turn it.

Common Kingfisher gliding, the 3D model from the game — The 3D model. This is the same model you fly in the game. Drag to turn it.

Field notes

Scientific name	Alcedo atthis
Hebrew name	שלדג גמדי
Wingspan	0.25 m
Weight	31 g
Top speed (in game)	45 km/h
Dive speed (in game)	90 km/h
Eats	fish, frogs and snails
Ancestral nest	Burrow in the Meadow Pond bank
Signature mechanic	Perch Reconnaissance & Plunge Dive
Movement	cannot walk and can hover

How to play the Common Kingfisher

Do not chase fish in flight. Perch on a wire or the pond edge, hold R to lock on, then press F or Space to plunge. If there is no perch, hover with T and scan from the air.

R Focus Scan: While perched (or hovering), hold R to zoom and lock onto prey. Press F/Space to plunge-dive onto the locked target.
T Hover: Hold T in flight to hover on rapid wingbeats (drains stamina).
C Shrill Whistle: piercing "tseee".

Story quest: The High Perch Dive

Climb to the top of the Swallow Ave mast, then make a flawless 50 m vertical plunge onto a frog in the Garden Pond below. Reward: 500 XP. Start it at its golden marker on the map with G.

The real bird

The Common Kingfisher is a small, brilliant blue-and-orange bird of rivers, ponds and fish pools. In Israel it is mostly a winter visitor. It watches from a low perch, then dives head-first to seize small fish, and nests at the end of a tunnel it digs into an earth bank.

The calls you hear in the game are real recordings from xeno-canto.org, credited in the game's sound credits.