Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B), Myanmar (B), Singapore (E) (B), Thailand (B).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.
Status NT
Habitat loss through illegal logging and land conversion and forest fires are the main threats.
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Habits
Shy and unobtrusive in dense forest.
Food
Large invertebrates, small fish, frogs, lizards.
Voice
Song is an upslurred, ringing 'kweet...', repeated. Call is a series of six sweet, trilling phrases, each phrase lasting about 0.5 s, the series about 5 - 6 s.
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Blue-capped Kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni) and Spotted Kingfisher (Actenoides lindsayi), and all sometimes considered conspecific.