Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Brown-winged Kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) - HBW 6, p. 206

French: Martin-chasseur à ailes brunes German: Braunflügelliest Spanish: Alción Alipardo
Other common names: Brown-winged Stork-billed Kingfisher

Taxonomy: Halcyon Amauropterus Pearson, 1841, Calcutta, India.
Genus sometimes merged into Halcyon; in past, genus name given as Ramphalcyon, but Pelargopsis has priority. Species name sometimes given as amauropterus, but is Latinized Greek adjective and must agree with feminine genus name; claimed to be a noun in apposition, but no internal evidence for this. Monotypic.

Distribution: E India (from Orissa) E along coast and islands to Myanmar, then S, including Mergui Archipelago, to W coast of Thailand and to islands of NW Peninsular Malaysia.