Kingfisher Chicks Grow New Pin Feathers | Discover Wildlife | Robert E Fuller

Date Filmed: May 2023

At two weeks, kingfisher chick feathers begin to grow through. The waxy cuticles, or feathers pins, come through first and are a steely silver-blue in colour.

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Pin feathers
These waxy kingfisher feather 'cuticles' look spikey but are in fact soft to touch.

Feathers
Shortly before the chick fledges the tips of these pins drop off and the brilliant blue feathers underneath unfurl. Kingfishers keep their pins longer than many other birds because they help keep the chick feathers from becoming clogged by the mess and dirty inside their underground nests.

Kingfisher nest
This kingfisher nest was filmed using cameras hidden inside an artificial nest.

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