Black-backed Kingfisher
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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
Scientific name | Range |
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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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