Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) [XC504873]
by Phil Gregory from Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia (call)
Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) [XC280345]
by Martin St-Michel from Mkhuze Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)
Subspecies
Previously placed in monospecific genus Chelicutia. Subspecies intergrade; a certain amount of geographical variation in dorsal coloration does not seem sufficient to warrant recognition of proposed subspecies hylobia (western Zaire, north-western Angola) and damarensis (southern Angola east to Mozambique and Transvaal).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
eremogiton Hartert, 1921 - Sahel zone from south-central Mali and northern Nigeria east to Sudan.
chelicuti (Stanley, 1814) - Southern Mauritania to north-western and southern Somalia, south to north-eastern Namibia, Botswana and northern and north-eastern South Africa (Natal).