Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) - HBW 6, p. 238
French: Martin-pêcheur méninting
German: Menintingeisvogel
Spanish: Martín Pescador Meninting
Other common names: Deep-blue/Malaysian Kingfisher
Taxonomy: Alcedo Meninting Horsfield, 1821, Java.
May be part of the superspecies that includes A. quadribrachys, A. azurea and A. websteri. Some uncertainty over races in S India: possibly only coltarti present there, with phillipsi confined to Sri Lanka. Race scintillans intergrades with verreauxii. Various other described races include laubmanni (E India), amadoni (Palawan), subviridis (Banyak Is, Nias I), callima (Batu Is) and proxima (Mentawai Is), but these are not now considered sufficiently distinct. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- coltarti Stuart Baker, 1919 - S India (except Kerala), and Nepal E to Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.
- phillipsi Stuart Baker, 1927 - Kerala and Sri Lanka.
- rufigastra Walden, 1873 - Andaman Is.
- coltarti Stuart Baker, 1919 - S India (except Kerala), and Nepal E to Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.
- phillipsi Stuart Baker, 1927 - Kerala and Sri Lanka.
- rufigastra Walden, 1873 - Andaman Is.
- scintillans Stuart Baker, 1919 - S Myanmar (S Tenasserim) and N peninsular Thailand.
- verreauxii De La Berge, 1851 - S peninsular Thailand and Malaysia S to Riau Archipelago, Bangka and Belitung, and E to Borneo, Palawan, Sulu Is.
- meninting Horsfield, 1821 - Sumatra, including islands off W coast, and Java E to Lombok, also Sulawesi and Banggai and Sula Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two views of a female perched, first in the morning and, then, after dark Locality River Lodge, Sukau, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp verreauxii)
Barry Attridge 20 July 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 4 -
An individual perched on a branch over the river Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp verreauxii)
Greg Baker 27 April 2003 22 weeks ago 36 sec 4 -
A bird on a thin branch, seen from a boat Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp verreauxii)
John Gregory 14 November 2007 3 years ago 8 sec 4 -
A male sitting on a branch and flying away Locality Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo (ssp verreauxii)
Keith Blomerley 17 September 2001 4 years ago 28 sec 4 -
A bird perched and looking down over a river Locality Way Kambas National Park, Lampung Region, Sumatra (Indonesia) (ssp meninting)
John Gregory 1999 4 years ago 19 sec 3.3 -
A male perched, looking down and flying off Locality Borneo (ssp verreauxii)
John Gregory 31 July 2004 4 years ago 11 sec 3.3
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Seek for feed.
Locality Sri Phang-nga National Park, Phang Nga Province, Southern Thailand, Thailand
Sombat Kongwithtaya 26 July 2011 14 weeks ago 4.7 -
Photo shows adult female.
Locality South Jakarta, Jakarta, Java (Indonesia) (ssp meninting)
Boas Emmanuel 25 March 2011 44 weeks ago 4.2 -
A bird in hand.
Locality Singapore (ssp verreauxii)
William IP 11 May 2011 36 weeks ago 3.5 -
bird sat quietly by forest stream
Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp coltarti)
Paul Willoughby 26 February 2010 1 year ago 3.2 -
A very colourful little bird with strong hue
Locality Peninsular Malaysia
Khong Tuck Khoon 15 April 2010 1 year ago 3 -
Blue-eared kingfisher
Locality Kinabatangan River, Sabah (Malaysia), Borneo
LHarding 22 May 2011 17 weeks ago 2.6
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flight calls in mangroves Locality Tawi-Tawi, Sulu Archipelago, Philippines
Desmond Allen 1 January 1996 1 year ago 2.5
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