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 LC    Pied Kingfisher* Id (Atlas):
    Ceryle rudis

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Pied Kingfisher, Lesser Pied Kingfisher, Small Pied Kingfisher, Indian Pied Kingfisher (travancoreensis, leucomelanura)

Family
Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Size
25 - 31 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Wetlands, including agricultural fields, rivers, estuaries and mangroves.

Range (Guide)
Afghanistan (B), Angola, Bangladesh (B), Benin, Bhutan (B), Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia (B), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China (mainland) (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Cyprus (B), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Hong Kong (China) (B), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B) (NB), Israel (B), Jordan (B) (NB), Kenya, Kuwait, Laos (B), Lebanon (B), Lesotho, Liberia, Macao (China), Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar (B), Namibia, Nepal (B), Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan (B), Palestinian Authority Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Thailand (B), Togo, Turkey (B) (NB), Uganda, Vietnam (B), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to France, Greece, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Sâo Tomé e Principe, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates.

Africa to Asia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Sociable. Inpairs or noisy groups. Commonly hovers above water while foraging.

Voice
Various loudly whistled chattering notes, including 'tik twikik', 'cheek' and 'chit-it-it', uttered in flight or from a perch. A low-pitched 'trrr' uttered in alarm.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (177)...)

 
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) [XC125788]
     by Bram Piot from Mosi-oa-Tunya NP, Livingstone, Southern, Zambia (call)

 
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) [XC397808]
     by Rory Nefdt from Enashipai, Karagita, Nakuru County, Kenya (call, song)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • rudis (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Central and southern Turkey and Israel to Syria, Iraq and south-western Iran, also northern Egypt and Nile Valley, and sub-Saharan Africa (except arid regions).
  • leucomelanura Reichenbach, 1851   -  North-eastern Afghanistan, western Pakistan and India (except south-west) south to Sri Lanka, and east to Thailand and Indochina.
  • travancoreensis Whistler, 1935   -  South-western India, from northern Kerala south to Cape Comorin.
  • insignis Hartert, 1910   -  South-eastern China, including Hainan.
  • syriacus Roselaar, 1995   -  Turkey to Israel east to south-western Iran.



References
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Files:
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