Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) - HBW 6, p. 209
French: Martin-chasseur à coiffe noire
German: Kappenliest
Spanish: Alción Capirotado
Other common names: Black-capped Purple Kingfisher
Taxonomy: Alcedo pileata Boddaert, 1783, China.
Forms a superspecies with H. leucocephala. Monotypic.
Distribution: India E to C, E & S China, Korea and Taiwan, S to Andaman and Nicobar Is, SW Myanmar, N Laos and Hainan. Winters S to Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and S Philippines.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird preening and taking flight, in the mangroves. Locality Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 12 December 2010 2 years ago 33 sec 3.4 -
An adult trying to swallow a frog as big as itself, banging it on branch to soften it Locality Samut Sakhon, Central Thailand, Thailand (Monotypic species)
Brooke Clibbon 30 December 2004 6 years ago 35 sec 3.4 -
A dorsal view of a perched bird Locality Hong Kong Zoo, Hong Kong (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 April 2002 6 years ago 12 sec 3.3 -
A bird on the phoneline. Locality Central Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 12 March 2008 4 years ago 9 sec 2.7 -
A bird sitting on a phoneline. Locality Central Thailand, Thailand
Yoel Jimenez 2 November 2007 4 years ago 29 sec 2.5
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This king of fisher species arrived Bang Pu Nature Education Center around October every year together with their colleagues flo
Locality Bang Poo, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp Halcyon pileata)
p.supat 16 October 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
"another Bang Poo's common visitor"
Locality Bang Poo, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp Halcyon pileata)
p.supat 23 December 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
"dirtiest predator"
Locality Bang Poo, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp Halcyon pileata)
p.supat 18 December 2010 2 years ago 4.2 -
perching on the top of a dead branch
Locality Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 29 September 2009 3 years ago 3.7 -
Eating a grass-hopper
Locality Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong
Terence S K LAI 25 April 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
This is a winter visitor to the coastal region. Some could also be found in the waterways in deep forest. A very cautious bird
Locality Peninsular Malaysia
Khong Tuck Khoon 18 March 2010 3 years ago 3.5
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