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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
10/05/2024 04:32:34 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Shining Blue Kingfisher*
Id (Atlas):
Alcedo quadribrachys
Description (10 )
Shining Blue Kingfisher
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Other Names (World)
Shining-blue Kingfisher, Shining Blue Kingfisher, Shining Kingfisher
Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
Size
17 cm
First Described (Guide )
Bonaparte, 1850
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zambia.
Vagrant to Kenya.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)... )
Listen to XC581109
Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys ) [XC581109 ]
by Hans Matheve from Nyachisala Forest, Kakoma, Mwinilunga, Northwestern Province, Zambia (call)
Listen to XC144127
Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys ) [XC144127 ]
by \u00c9tienne Leroy from Cavalla River, Grand Gedeh, Liberia (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Azure Kingfisher (Ceyx azureus ) and Bismarck Kingfisher (Ceyx websteri ), and possibly also Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting ).
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850 - Senegambia to western Nigeria (east to R Niger).
guentheri Sharpe, 1892 - South-eastern Nigeria east to extreme southern Sudan and Uganda (L Victoria), and south to northern Angola and north-western Zambia.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Shining Blue Kingfisher see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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