Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) - HBW 6, p. 249
French: Martin-pêcheur pie
German: Graufischer
Spanish: Martín Pescador Pío
Other common names: Lesser/Small Pied Kingfisher; Indian Pied Kingfisher (travancoreensis, leucomelanura)
Taxonomy: Alcedo rudis Linnaeus, 1758, Egypt.
Distinctive, with no close relatives, although some authors have placed some or all members of Megaceryle in present genus. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rudis (Linnaeus, 1758) - C & S Turkey and Israel to Syria, Iraq and SW Iran, also N Egypt and Nile Valley, and sub-Saharan Africa (except arid regions).
- leucomelanura Reichenbach, 1851 - NE Afghanistan, W Pakistan and India (except SW) S to Sri Lanka, and E to Thailand and Indochina.
- travancoreensis Whistler & Kinnear, 1935 - SW India, from N Kerala S to Cape Comorin.
- insignis Hartert, 1910 - SE China, including Hainan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female with a fish in its beak banging it against a branch Locality Okavango Delta, North-West District, Botswana (ssp rudis)
Josep del Hoyo 26 July 1998 9 years ago 25 sec 4.7 -
Several views of males (with double band in the breast) and females (with single band) perched and hovering for fishing Locality Lake Naivasha, Kenya (ssp rudis)
Peter van Dam 26 August 2006 4 years ago 47 sec 4.5 -
A pair on a branch attempting to mate Locality Saint-Louis Region, Senegal
Pascal Vagner 2 April 2010 1 year ago 26 sec 4.3 -
Two birds together and then only one, with a lateral close view Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp rudis)
Eldert Groenewoud 24 October 2005 4 years ago 23 sec 4.2 -
A female perched on a pipe, over the water Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp rudis)
Josep del Hoyo 18 December 2005 5 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
A bird fishing and preening Locality Lake Jipe, Kenya (ssp rudis)
Jean Hupperetz 30 November 2003 6 years ago 18 sec 4.1
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in flight
Locality Ma'agan Michael, Israel
Lior Kislev 9 January 2011 14 weeks ago 4.9 -
An adult male (double breast-band) fishing over a brackish mangrove channel.
Locality Makasutu Nature Forest, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp rudis)
Steve Garvie 6 March 2005 1 year ago 4.6 -
Martin pescador pio en la costa atlantica de Gambia, octubre 2008.
Locality River Gambia National Park, Central River Division, The Gambia
Juan José Bazán Hiraldo 10 October 2008 1 year ago 4.5 -
female looking for fish
Locality The Gambia
kblach 21 January 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Pied kingfisher with tilapia
Locality Kotu, Banjul, The Gambia
Piotr Jonczyk 19 January 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Sitting on a pole
Locality Abu Nakhla Ponds, Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 10 December 2008 1 year ago 4.3
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Calling on the wing Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp leucomelanura)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 1983 1 year ago 4.5 -
Calling inbreeding period Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 2 years ago 4
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