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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Rufous-backed Kingfisher* |
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Ceyx rufidorsa |
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Description (10)
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Rufous-backed Kingfisher
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Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
Size
12.50 - 14.50 cm
First Described (Guide)
Strickland, 1847
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest.
Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Philippines (B), Thailand (B).
Vagrant to India.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a distinct species. This view was supported by the situation north of Kuala Lumpur (central Peninsular Malaysia), where there is little hybridization between rufous-backed and black-backed morphs and only the latter is migratory. On other hand, considerable hybridization occurs in Borneo, and also in Sumatra and southern Peninsular Malaysia, with a wide range of intermediates, strongly suggesting that the two forms are merely morphs of a single species (Oriental Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)).
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
- rufidorsa Strickland, 1847 - Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater and Lesser Sundas to western Philippines.
- motleyi Chasen & Kloss, 1929 - North-central and western Philippines (Mindoro and Panay to Palawan) and south to Borneo and Java, then east to Sumbawa and Flores. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Oriental Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca).
- captus Ripley, 1941 - Nias I. (off north-western Sumatra).
- jungei Ripley, 1942 - Batu I. and Simeulue I. (off north-western Sumatra).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
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