Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra

(Madarász, 1904)

Vernacular names
English : White-throated kingfisher
French : Martin-chasseur de Smyrne

Classification
Class : Aves
Order : Coraciiformes
Family : Alcedinidae
Notes : 4 other subspecies known.

Identification
Small kingfisher with large bright red bill and legs. Plumage mostly dark brown with white throat and belly patch, blue wings. Subspecies smaller and paler brown on belly and flanks.

Range and habitat
Subspecies occurs from east India to Vietnam, south to Sumatra and west Java. Found in wide variety of open habitats, near or far from water, near roads and cities, to 5000 m.

Conservation
IUCN RED LIST : LEAST CONCERN
CITES : Not Listed
Status : The species very adaptable, locally abundant and increasing at the expense of other less adaptable species. Locally declining in Turkey and middle east.
Ex-Situ Programs : None known

Observation
Wild (Taiping, Malaysia), Jurong Bird Park (Singapore)

 

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