Hook-billed Kingfisher

Melidora macrorrhina - Martin-chasseur d'Euphrosine

Systematics

Order
:
Coraciiformes
Family
:
Alcédinidés
Genus
:
Melidora
Species
:
macrorrhina

Descriptor

Lesson, RP, 1827

Biometrics

Size
: 27 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 85 à 110 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hook-billed Kingfisher (Melidora macrorrhina) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Melidora macrorrhina macrorrhina (w, c, and e New Guinea, Misool and Batanta Is,)
Melidora macrorrhina waigiuensis (Waigeo I.)
Melidora macrorrhina jobiensis (n New Guinea and Yapen I.)

Foreign names

Martin-chasseur d'Euphrosine,
Martín cazador ganchudo,
martim-caçador-ganchudo,
Hakenliest,
horgascsőrű halción,
Haaksnavelijsvogel,
Martin pescatore uncinato,
kroknäbbskungsfiskare,
Kroknebbisfugl,
kukabura hákozobá,
ledňáček hákozobý,
Krognæbbet Isfugl,
koukkukalastaja,
alció becganxut,
łuskogłów,
kavljekljunec,
Зимородок-мелидора,
Raja-udang paruh-kait,
カギハシショウビン,
钩嘴翠鸟,
鉤嘴翠鳥,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest