Black-backed Kingfisher

Black-backed Kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca

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Scientific name: Ceyx erithaca

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Call: Weak, thin seet thinner and higher pitched than Blue-eared Kingfisher. A high-pitched, shrill or soft tsriet-tsriet in flight.

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References:

[1] de Schauensee, R. M., & Ripley, S. D. (1939). Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran expedition, 1936-1939. Part III: Birds from Nias Island. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 91, 399-413.

[2] Forshaw, J. M., & Cooper, W. T. (1983). Kingfishers and related birds: Alcedinidae, Ceryl to Cittura. Sydney, Aus: Lansdowne Editions.

[3] Fry, C. H. (1980). The evolutionary biology of kingfishers (Alcedinidae). Living Bird, 18, 113-160.

[4] Fry, C. H., Fry, K., & Harris, A. (1992). Kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers: A handbook. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

[5] Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., & Inskipp, T. (1999). Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

[6] Medway, Lord, & Wells, D. R. (1976). The birds of the Malay Peninsula. A general account of the birds inhabiting the region from the Isthmus of Kra to Singapore with adjacent islands. 5. Conclusion, and survey of every species. London, UK: Witherby.

[7] Palkar, S. B., Katdar, V. D., Lovalekar, R. J., Mone, R. V., & Joshi, V. V. (2008). Breeding biology of Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erythaca. Indian Birds, 4(3), 98-103.

[8] van Marle, J. G., & Voous, K. H. (1988). The birds of Sumatra: An annotated checklist. London, UK: British Ornithologists' Union.

Links:

The Internet Bird Collection: Photos, videos, and sounds

VIREO: Visual Resources for Ornithology

Black-backed Kingfisher Subspecies
Scientific name Range
Ceyx erithaca erithaca India and Sri Lanka to se China, Indochina and Sumatra
Ceyx erithaca captus Nias I. (off nw Sumatra)
Ceyx erithaca jungei Batu I. and Simeulue I. (off nw Sumatra)
Ceyx erithaca macrocarus Nicobar Islands and (?) Andaman Islands
Ceyx erithaca motleyi Borneo and adjacent northern offshore islands

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