Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti - Martin-chasseur strié

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Coraciiformes

  • Family
    :

    Alcédinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Halcyon

  • Species
    :

    chelicuti

Descriptor

Stanley, 1814

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 17 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 30 à 50 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Martin-chasseur strié
adult
Martin-chasseur strié
adult

Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Halcyon chelicuti chelicuti (s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia and South Africa)
  • Halcyon chelicuti eremogiton (c Mali to c Sudan)

Foreign names

  • Martin-chasseur strié,
  • Alción estriado,
  • martim-caçador-riscado,
  • Streifenliest,
  • szürke erdei halkapó,
  • Gestreepte IJsvogel,
  • Martin pescatore striato,
  • strimkungsfiskare,
  • Savanneisfugl,
  • rybárikovec pásikavý,
  • ledňáček žíhaný,
  • Stribet Isfugl,
  • viirukalastaja,
  • Gestreepte Visvanger,
  • alció estriat,
  • łowiec kreskowany,
  • progasti gozdomec,
  • Полосатая альциона,
  • タテフコショウビン,
  • 斑翡翠,
  • 斑紋翡翠,

Voice song and cries

Martin-chasseur strié
adult

Habitat

Martin-chasseur strié
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

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

Other sources of interest

QRcode Martin-chasseur strié
published: - Updated: 26-10-2005
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