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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Mountain Kingfisher* |
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Syma megarhyncha |
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Description (10)
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Mountain Kingfisher
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Other Names (World)
Mountain Kingfisher, Greater Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Mountain Yellow-billed Kingfisher
Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
Size
21 - 24 cm
First Described (Guide)
Salvadori, 1896
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 1,200 - 2,200 m.
Indonesia (B), Papua New Guinea (B).
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
Like a police whistle, lower in pitch than Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro).
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)
Mountain Kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha) [XC741466]
by id from Mananda ridge, upper Hegigio R basin, Hela Prov, Papua New Guinea (song)
Mountain Kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha) [XC279410]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Boana, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (song)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro), with which has possibly hybridized.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
- wellsi Salvadori, 1896 - Western New Guinea, in Snow Mts and Weyland Mts.
- sellamontis Reichenow, 1919 - North-eastern New Guinea, in mountains of Huon Peninsula.
- megarhyncha Salvadori, 1896 - Central and south-eastern New Guinea, from Sudirman Range to Owen Stanley Range.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Mountain Kingfisher see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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