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 LC    Black-capped Kingfisher* Id (Atlas):
    Halcyon pileata

Description (10)
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Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Size
28 - 30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
In temperate regions, associating with deciduous woods and wetlands. In tropics and subtropics, coastal mangroves, wetlands and woods to inland forest clearings and cultivated areas with water.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), Hong Kong (China) (B), India (B), Japan, Laos (B), Malaysia, Myanmar (B), North Korea (B), Philippines, Singapore, South Korea (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Vagrant to Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Mainly insects. Also frogs, small fish, crabs.

Voice
A short 'ki ki'. In the breeding season a louder, fast, hard rattle 'kyoro kyoro...' or 'kikikikikikikiki'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

 
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) [XC844930]
     by Ding Li Yong from Pak Thale Nature Reserve, Phetchaburi, Thailand (call)

 
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) [XC858378]
     by Chi-Hsuan Shao from Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
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