- Alcedo euryzona
Identification
20 cm
Male
- Blackish upperparts
- Silvery-azure streak on central back from mantle to rump
- White neck-flash with rufous tip
- White throat
- White or pale buff underparts
- Blue band across chest
- Black bill
Female
- Rufous underparts
- Blue breast-band narrower than in male
- Orange lower mandible
Similar Species
Similar to Malayan Blue-banded Kingfisher (which see), Common Kingfisher and Blue-eared Kingfisher
Distribution
South-east Asia: found only in Java where critically endangered.
Taxonomy
May be considered conspecific with Malayan Blue-banded Kingfisher (e.g. reference [7]).
Subspecies
This is a monotypic species [1].
Habitat
Rocky streams and rivers in primary and secondary equatorial rainforests.
Behaviour
The diet includes small fish, crustaceans, insects and small reptiles.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.1)_red. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
- Avibase
- BirdLife International
- BF Member observations
- Limparungpatthanakij , W. L. (2022). Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (N. D. Sly, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.bubkin2.01
- Eaton, JA, B van Balen, NW Brickle, FE Rheindt 2021. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago (Greater Sundas and Wallacea), Second Edition. Lynx Editions. ISBN978-84-16728-44-2
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Javan_Blue-banded_Kingfisher
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