Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica)

Other Names (World)
Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Black-winged Kingfisher

Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Shaw, 1811)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, S�o Tom� e Principe (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia.

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 (100)...)

Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) [XC789343]
by Michael Hurben from Minziro Forest Reserve, Missenyi, Kagera Region, Tanzania (song)

Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) [XC103433]
by Mike Nelson from Aboabo, Ghana, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
Population from Senegal, described as subspecies fortis, now included in torquata. Proposed subspecies prenticei, from southern Sudan, north-eastern Zaire and Uganda, inseparable from nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

torquata Swainson, 1837 - Senegal east to south-western Mali and south to northern Guinea.
forbesi Sharpe, 1892 - Sierra Leone east to southern Nigeria, Bioko I (Fernando P�o) and south-western Cameroon.
dryas Hartlaub, 1854 - Pr��ncipe I and, at least formerly, S�o Tom� I.
malimbica (Shaw, 1811) - Southern Cameroon east to south-western Sudan, western Uganda and north-western Tanzania, and south to northern Angola and north-western Zambia; probably this subspecies in south-western Ethiopia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) - 10 files

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