African Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)

Other Scientific Names
Ispidina lecontei [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
African Dwarf-Kingfisher, Dwarf Kingfisher, African Dwarf Kingfisher, Red-headed Dwarf-kingfisher, Black-fronted Pygmy-kingfisher

Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Cassin, 1856)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei) [XC290425]
by Martin St-Michel from Budongo Forest, Uganda (call, flight call)

African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei) [XC291070]
by Patrik \u00c5berg from Budongo Forest, Uganda (call)

Subspecies
Closely related to African Pygmy-kingfisher (Ispidina picta). Ugandan birds described as subspecies ugandae, but inseparable from nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

ruficeps (Hartlaub, 1857) - Liberia east to Ghana.
lecontei Cassin, 1856 - South-western Nigeria through Cameroon to western Gabon, and from Congo Basin to western Rift Valley and south-western Uganda; isolated records from R Congo mouth, northern Angola and south-western Sudan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for African Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei) - 10 files

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