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Alternative name: Spotted Wood Kingfisher

Subspecies moseleyi
Photo by Leif G
Mt Kanlaon, Negros, Philippines, January 2007
Actenoides lindsayi

Identification

26 cm (10.25 in)
Unmistakeable in range, only similar Wood-kingfisher is Blue-capped which only occurs in Mindanao. The male Spotted has a clear green cap, which can appear brownish, rufous lores, pale blue supercilium and moustache, and black-eye stripe. The subspecies moseleyi is darker and browner above. The female has a green supercilium and moustache.

Female
Photo by Romy Ocon
Mt Makiling, Laguna Province, Philippines, May 2006

Distribution

Philippines. Only occurs in Luzon (main range) and Negros and Panay.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are two subspecies[1]:

  • A. l. lindsayi
  • Luzon, Marinduque and Catanduanes (N Philippines)
  • A. l. moseleyi
  • Panay and Negros (C Philippines)

Habitat

Moist lowland forests.

Behaviour

Perches motionless in lowland forest. Only calls pre-dawn or at first light where is very noisy with 3 distinct calls.

Diet

Feeds low down in the forest, catching insects, beetles and snails, and some small vertebrates.

Breeding

Very little information is available, but thought to breed from March through May, excavating a nest hole in an arboreal termite nest.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive

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