- Actenoides concretus
Identification
23-24cm
- Green crown
- Rufous collar
- Bill: black upper and yellow lower mandible
Male: blue back Female: Green back with buff spots
Distribution
Southeast Asia: found in Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Island of Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas and Sumatra.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized[1]:
- A. c. concretus:
- Southern Myanmar, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung islands
- A. c. peristephes:
- Sputhern Myanmar and peninsula Thailand
- A. c. borneanus:
Habitat
Freshwater streams in broad-leaved evergreen tropical lowland forest and forest edges. Deep jungle.
Behaviour
Diet
Their varied diet consists of fish, lizards, scorpions, snakes and snails etc.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Avibase
- J Rank.org
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Rufous-collared Kingfisher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Rufous-collared_Kingfisher
External Links
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