- Megaceryle lugubris
Identification
41cm.
- Black and white barred above
- White underparts
- Rufous breast band (male)
- White specked breast band (female)
- Barred wings and tail
- Spotted breast
- Pink cinnamon underwing-coverts
Distribution
North East India, Bangladesh, northern Indochina, south and east China, north-east Afghanistan, Japan, Thailand and Myanmar.
Taxonomy
There are 4 subspecies.
Habitat
Mountain rivers, and large foothill rivers.
Behaviour
The diet includes fish.
References
Wikipedia; Arthur Grosset
