Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) [XC456754]
by Beatrix Saadi-Varchmin from Larut Dan Matang (near Taiping), Perak, Malaysia (call)
Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) [XC613718]
by Jelle Scharringa from Khao Ka Chong Water Fall (near \u0e15\u0e33\u0e1a\u0e25 \u0e0a\u0e48\u0e2d\u0e07), \u0e2d\u0e33\u0e40\u0e20\u0e2d \u0e19\u0e32\u0e42\u0e22\u0e07, \u0e15\u0e23\u0e31\u0e07, Thailand (song)
Nest
In a hole in a rotting tree. Sometimes in the nest of tree termites.
Subspecies
Form from northern Malay Peninsula, described as subspecies deignani, is an intergrade between amabilis and pulchella.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
amabilis (Hume, 1873) - Southern and south-eastern Myanmar east to central Vietnam (central Annam) and south to southern Thailand and southern Indochina.
pulchella (Horsfield, 1821) - Southern Thailand south to northern Natuna Is and Sumatra (including Riau Archipelago), and east to Java.
melanops (Bonaparte, 1850) - Bangka I (off south-eastern Sumatra) and Borneo. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Black-faced Kingfisher (Lacedo melanops).
deignani Meyer de Schauensee, 1946 - Southern Thailand.