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Alcedo euryzona

Male
Photo by Dr Manjeet Singh
Taman Rimba Ampang, Kuala Lumpor, Malaysia, August 2006

[edit] Identification

20 cm
Male

• Blackish upperparts
• Silvery-azure streak from mantle to rump
• White neck-flash with rufous tip
• White throat
• Pale rufous underparts
• Blue band across chest
• Black bill
  

Female
Photo by wengchun
Taman Rimba Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 2006

Female

• Rufous underparts
• Orange lower mandible
• Lacks breast-band

[edit] Similar Species

Common Kingfisher and Blue-eared Kingfisher

[edit] Distribution

South-east Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra and Java

[edit] Taxonomy

There are 2 subspecies:

• A. e. peninsulae:

• Southern Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo

• A. e. euryzona:

• Java

[edit] Habitat

Rocky streams and rivers in secondary equatorial rainforests and mangroves.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes crustaceans, insects and small reptiles.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BirdLife International
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

[edit] External Links