Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon malimbica - Martin-chasseur à poitrine bleue

Systematics

Order
:
Coraciiformes
Family
:
Alcédinidés
Genus
:
Halcyon
Species
:
malimbica

Descriptor

Shaw, 1812

Biometrics

Size
: 25 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 66 à 94 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Halcyon malimbica malimbica (Cameroon to Uganda amd Zambia)
Halcyon malimbica torquata (Senegal and Gambia to Guinea-Bissau and w Mali)
Halcyon malimbica forbesi (Sierra Leone to w Cameroon, Bioko I.)
Halcyon malimbica dryas (Príncipe I.. Gulf of Guinea.)

Foreign names

Martin-chasseur à poitrine bleue,
Alción pechiazul,
martim-caçador-de-peito-azul,
Zügelliest,
kékbegyű halcion,
Teugelijsvogel,
Martin pescatore pettazzurro,
blåbröstad kungsfiskare,
Blåbrystisfugl,
rybárikovec modroprsý,
ledňáček malimbijský,
Malimbicaisfugl,
sinirintakalastaja,
alció de pit blau,
łowiec kameruński,
modroprsi gozdomec,
Синегрудая альциона,
アオムネショウビン,
蓝胸翡翠,
藍胸翡翠,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tid

e Level, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks, Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations