Great-billed Kingfisher

Pelargopsis melanorhyncha - Martin-chasseur à bec noir

Systematics

Order
:
Coraciiformes
Family
:
Alcédinidés
Genus
:
Pelargopsis
Species
:
melanorhyncha

Descriptor

Temminck, 1826

Biometrics

Size
: 35 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Great-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Pelargopsis melanorhyncha melanorhyncha (Sulawesi, Muna, Buton and Selayar Is.)
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha dichrorhyncha (Peleng and Banggai Is.. off Sulawesi.)
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha eutreptorhyncha (Sula Is.. e of Sulawesi.)

Foreign names

Martin-chasseur à bec noir,
Alción piquinegro,
martim-caçador-de-bico-preto,
Schwarzschnabelliest,
Grootsnavelijsvogel,
Martin pescatore becconero,
stornäbbad kungsfiskare,
Sotvingeisfugl,
rybárikovec čiernozobý,
ledňáček černozobý,
Grårygget Storkenæbsisfugl,
mustanokkakalastaja,
alció becnegre,
łowiec czarnodzioby,
sajasti štorkljekljunec,
Черноклювый гуриал,
Pekaka bua-bua,
セレベスコウハシショウビン,
大嘴翡翠,
黑嘴鸛嘴翡翠,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level, Subtropical/Tropical Swamp ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens

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 (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest