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[[Image:Chocolate-backed_Kingfisher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by alfmullins <p>Atewa Forest, Ghana]] | [[Image:Chocolate-backed_Kingfisher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by alfmullins <p>Atewa Forest, Ghana]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | Length 20 cm; a medium-sized kingfisher. Chestnut head, mantle and wing coverts; lower back, tail and wing panel azure, tip of tail chestnut. Underparts white. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | + | Tropical [[Africa]]: [[Sierra Leone]] to western [[Uganda]], [[DRC]] and northern [[Angola]]; [[Bioko]]. | |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | ''Halcyon badia'' has | + | ''Halcyon badia'' has two subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> |
| − | *''H. b. badia'' | + | *''H. b. badia'' |
| − | *''H. b. lopezi'' | + | :*[[Sierra Leone]] to western [[Uganda]], [[DRC]] and northern [[Angola]] |
| − | * | + | *''H. b. lopezi'' |
| + | :*[[Bioko]] | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Forest, including gallery forest. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Common, but heard more often than seen. | ||
| + | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
| + | A high-pitched note, followed by 10-15 decending whistles (lasting 5-6 seconds); ''pee, tee tee tee..'' | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Halcyon+badia}} | {{GSearch|Halcyon+badia}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Halcyon]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Halcyon]] | ||
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- Halcyon badia
Identification
Length 20 cm; a medium-sized kingfisher. Chestnut head, mantle and wing coverts; lower back, tail and wing panel azure, tip of tail chestnut. Underparts white.
Distribution
Tropical Africa: Sierra Leone to western Uganda, DRC and northern Angola; Bioko.
Taxonomy
Halcyon badia has two subspecies:[1]
- H. b. badia
- Sierra Leone to western Uganda, DRC and northern Angola
- H. b. lopezi
Habitat
Forest, including gallery forest.
Behaviour
Common, but heard more often than seen.
Vocalisation
A high-pitched note, followed by 10-15 decending whistles (lasting 5-6 seconds); pee, tee tee tee..
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chocolate-backed Kingfisher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chocolate-backed_Kingfisher
