Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Black-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha) - HBW 6, p. 205
French: Martin-chasseur à bec noir
German: Schwarzschnabelliest
Spanish: Alción Piquinegro
Other common names: Dusky-faced/Great-billed Kingfisher, Celebes/Sunda Stork-billed Kingfisher
Taxonomy: Alcedo melanorhyncha Temminck, 1826, Sulawesi.
Genus sometimes merged into Halcyon; in past, genus name given as Ramphalcyon, but Pelargopsis has priority. Forms a superspecies with P. capensis. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanorhyncha (Temminck, 1826) - Sulawesi and associated islands (Bangka, Manadotua, Lembeh, Togian Is, Dodepo, Wowoni, Kabaena, Muna, Butung, Labuandata, Salayar).
- dichrorhyncha A. B. Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1896 - Banggai Is.
- eutreptorhyncha Hartert, 1898 - Sula Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close view of a perched bird in the mangroves. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp melanorhyncha)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 34 weeks ago 41 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a branch then flying away. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp melanorhyncha)
Keith Blomerley 18 August 2011 20 weeks ago 28 sec 3.3 -
A bird in a tree, recorded from a boat Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp melanorhyncha)
Josep del Hoyo 9 August 2007 3 years ago 30 sec 3.2 -
A bird perched in a mangrove tree. Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp melanorhyncha)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 August 2009 34 weeks ago 43 sec 2.7
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One of two birds seen along a mangrove-fringed channel.
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp melanorhyncha)
David Beadle 14 October 2011 8 weeks ago 3.5 -
Bird on a mangrove branch
Locality Tangkoko National Park, North Sulawesi, Sulawesi
Peter Waanders 20 May 2010 1 year ago 2.7
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