Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) [XC501576]
by paulo kivuyo from Mjejane Private Game Reserve, Hectorspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa (call)
Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) [XC881404]
by Don Jones from Meru National Park, Meru County, Kenya (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).