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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 30cm. Blue-black above, white below and on rump, bright red bill, feet and eye ring, deep orange iris. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Lesser Sundas]] | [[Lesser Sundas]] | ||
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*''C. f. gracilirostris''. | *''C. f. gracilirostris''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Moist lowland forests and moist montanes. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | The diet includes insects and their larvae. | ||
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| + | They excavate a nest tunnel in an earth bank. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Caridonax+fulgidus}} | {{GSearch|Caridonax+fulgidus}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=381&Bird_Image_ID=10736&Bird_Family_ID=77 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=381&Bird_Image_ID=10736&Bird_Family_ID=77 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Caridonax]] [[Category:Missing Images | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Caridonax]] [[Category:Missing Images]] |
Revision as of 13:10, 19 August 2008
Alternative name: Glittering Kingfisher
- Caridonax fulgidus
Identification
30cm. Blue-black above, white below and on rump, bright red bill, feet and eye ring, deep orange iris.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Caridonax fulgidus has two subspecies:
- C. f. fulgidus; and
- C. f. gracilirostris.
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and moist montanes.
Behaviour
The diet includes insects and their larvae.
They excavate a nest tunnel in an earth bank.
