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

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3.7 A bird perches... Sulawesi,

Brian J. Coates
3.5 One of two bir... Sulawesi, Oct 2011

David Beadle
3.3 A bird perched... Sulawesi, Sep 2004

Pete Morris
2.7 Bird on a mang... Sulawesi, May 2010

Peter Waanders