The Moluccan three-toe Kingfisher is known as Ceyx lepidus, Variable Kingfisher, Moluccan dwarf kingfisher, and has 14 subspecies.The Moluccan three-toed kingfisher is lonely and timid by nature. The wing beat is fast and graceful when hunting, but the hunting level is low. They like to bathe severa...
Ceyx fallax Schlegel, Sulawesi Pygmy Kingfisher, has two subspecies (1.Ceyx fallax sangirensis is found on Sangihe and Talaud). 2.Ceyx fallax is found along the coast of Sulawesi and Lembeh i. .The Sulawesi three-toed kingfisher usually hunts alone or in pairs. Like most forest kingfishers, they are...
Ceyx melanurus, Philippine Dwarf kingfisher, has three subspecies (1.Ceyx melanurus melanurus is found in Luzon, Polynesia, Arabat, and Catanduones in the Philippines). 2.Ceyx melanurus samarensis is distributed in Samar and Leyte Islands in the Philippines. 3.Ceyx melanurus mindanensis is found in...
The scientific name Ceyx erithaca, three-toed Kingfisher, has Three subspecies (1. The subspecies Ceyx erithacaerithaca is found in Bombay, southwest India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, China (Yunnan, Hainan), Sumatra and neighboring islands. 2. Ceyx erithacamacrocarus, a subspecies of the three-toed kingfish...
Alcedo semitorquata, Half-collared kingfisher, is a bird belonging to the class Ornithae, order, family Kingfisher, and genus Kingfisher.Semi-collared kingfishers are solitary and usually live alone on branches or rocks near the water, hunting for food, mainly Nile herring, crabs, frogs, and insects...
Scientific name flash blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys, Shining - blue Kingfisher, 2 subspecies (1. Alcedo quadribrachysquadribrachys plug in Gambia, Nigeria. 2.Alcedo quadribrachysguentheri is found in Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Angola and Zambia.) .Bright blue kingfisher lonely, usually live alon...
Alcedo euryzona, also known as the Blue-banded Kingfisher, has two subspecies (1. The subspecies Alcedo euryzona euryzona is found in Java. 2. The Borneo subspecies Alcedo euryzona peninsulae is found in Myanmar, Sumatra, Thailand and Borneo.)Blue belt kingfisher lonely, usually live alone on the br...
Alcedo coerulescens, or Small Blue Kingfisher or Cerulean kingfisher, is a small kingfisher.Small blue kingfisher usually lives alone on the branches or rocks near the water, waiting for the opportunity to hunt, mainly to eat small fish, and eat crustaceans and a variety of aquatic insects and larva...
The Common Kingfisher scientific name Alcedo atthis, foreign language name Common Kingfisher, European Kingfisher, Kingfisher, Martin-pecheur d'Europe, Qihui Qihui, there are 7 subspecies (1. Common kingfisher named subspecies Alcedo atthis atthis. 2. Common kingfisher common subspecies Alcedo a...
Alcedo vintsioides is known as Madagascar Kingfisher and Alcedo vintsioides, and has two subspecies (1.Alcedo vintsioides johannae is found in the Comoros Islands). 2.Alcedo vintsioides is found in Madagascar.) .The Falkland kingfisher feeds on small fish, frogs, crustaceans, Marine and freshwater a...
Corythornis cristatus, Malachite Kingfisher, Alcedo cristata, has three subspecies (1. Alcedo cristata galerita is a Ghanaian subspecies found in Senegal and Ghana. 2. Alcedo cristata cristata is found in Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Kenya. 3. The Su...
White-bellied Kingfisher: Corythornis leucogaster, Alcedo leucogaster, White-bellied Kingfisher, There are three subspecies (Alcedo leucogaster bowdleri) found in Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Ghana. 2.Alcedo leucogaster leucogaster is found in Nigeria, Cameroon, Fernando Po, Gabon and Angola. 3.Alce...
The scientific name of the small kingfisher is Ispidina madagascariensis, Ceyx madagascariensis, foreign names Madagascan pygmy kingfisher, Alcedo madagascariensis, There are two subspecies (1.Ispidina madagascariensis madagascariensis) in southwestern Madagascar. 2.Ispidina madagascariensis dilutus...
Ispidina picta (African Pygomy-Kingfisher) has three subspecies (1.Ispidina picta pictus is found in Senegal, Eritrea and Uganda). 2.Ispidina picta ferrugineus is found in Uganda, Angola, Zambia, Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau and Botswana. 3.Ispidina picta natalensis occurs in Angola, Tanzania, Zanzibar,...
Ispidina lecontei, African Dwarf kingfisher, has two subspecies (1.Ispidina lecontei ruficeps is found from eastern Liberia to Ghana). 2.Ispidina lecontei is found in south-western Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Uganda, Angola and south-western Sudan.) .The little red-headed kingfisher is a small...
Chloroceryle aenea, also known as Pygmy Kingfisher, has two subspecies (1.Chloroceryle aenea stictoptera is found in Gustaja, southern Mexico (Puebla, Veracruz). 2.Chloroceryle aenea is found in Colombia, Gustaja, Andean, Ecuador, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, and Trinidad,...
Chloroceryle inda, also known as Green-and-rufous Kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher.The brown bellies are fish-eating kingfishers with excellent diving skills and can even hover in the air to lock on to their targets. They live mainly by the river and fish for a living. It lives in brush or ope...
Chloroceryle amazona, the scientific name of the Amazon green fish dog, is the largest species of green fish dog, and its appearance is quite similar to that of green fish dog, which is easy to be confused when the size of the green fish dog is not visible from a distance.The Amazon Green fish dog i...
Chloroceryle americana, also known as Green Kingfisher, has five subspecies (1.Chloroceryle americana hachisukai is found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico). 2.Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis is distributed in Colombia, Venezuela, and Texas. 3.Chloroceryle americana cabanisii is found...
Ceryle rudis, Pied kingfisher, has four subspecies (1. The common subspecies Ceryle rudis insignis2. Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus3. Ceryle rudis rudis4. Ceryle rudis travancoreensis, Indian subspecies of the Spotted fish dog.Spotted fish dogs live in pairs or groups in large water bodies and mangrove...