White-bellied Kingfisher
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Male | Female | |
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Length | 13cm | 13cm |
Wingspread | 108–130mm | 110–126mm |
Bill length | 31–37mm | 31–35mm |
Weight | 14.5g | 14.7g |
Scientific name: Corythornis leucogaster
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References:
[1] Forshaw, J. M., & Cooper, W. T. (1983). Kingfishers and related birds: Alcedinidae, Ceryl to Cittura. Sydney, Aus: Lansdowne Editions.
[2] Fry, C. H., & de Naurois, R. (1984). Corythornis systematics and character release in the Gulf of Guinea islands. In J. Ledger (Ed.), Proceedings of the fifth Pan African Ornithological Congress, held at Lilongwe, Malaŵi in 1980 (pp. 47-61).
[3] Fry, C. H., Fry, K., & Harris, A. (1992). Kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers: A handbook. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
[4] Fry, C. H., Keith, S., Urban, E. K., Woodcock, M. W., Willis, I., & Chappuis, C. (1988). The birds of Africa (Vol. 3). London, UK: Academic Press.
[5] Hockey, P. A. R. (1997). Africa’s kingfishers: A guide to their identification. Africa — Birds & Birding, 2(1), 61-65.
Links:
The Internet Bird Collection: Photos, videos, and sounds
VIREO: Visual Resources for Ornithology
Scientific name | Range |
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Corythornis leucogaster leucogaster | Nigeria to s Cameroon, Gabon and nw Angola; Bioko |
Corythornis leucogaster bowdleri | Tropical Guinea to Mali and Ghana |
Corythornis leucogaster leopoldi | Congo basin (e Congo to s Uganda and nw Zambia) |
Data sources:
- Birds, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/8438)
- Peabody Ornithology DiGIR Service, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1020)
- eBird, (accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/43)
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