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Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) - HBW 6, p. 206

French: Martin-chasseur violet German: Feuerliest Spanish: Alción Rojizo

Taxonomy: Alcedo coromanda Latham, 1790, Coromandel, India.
A distinctive species, not apparently very closely related to others in the genus; has been sometimes separated in monospecific genus Entomothera. Race claudiae included in minor by some authors. Ten subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) - NE China, Korea and Japan (Hokkaido S to Kyoto); migrates S to Philippines and Talaud Is.
  • bangsi (Oberholser, 1915) - Ryukyu Is, Taiwan and Lanyu I; migrates S to Philippines and Talaud Is.
  • coromanda (Latham, 1790) - Nepal E to N Myanmar and S China, S to W Bengal and S Thailand; N populations winter S to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java.

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  • major (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) - NE China, Korea and Japan (Hokkaido S to Kyoto); migrates S to Philippines and Talaud Is.
  • bangsi (Oberholser, 1915) - Ryukyu Is, Taiwan and Lanyu I; migrates S to Philippines and Talaud Is.
  • coromanda (Latham, 1790) - Nepal E to N Myanmar and S China, S to W Bengal and S Thailand; N populations winter S to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java.
  • mizorhina (Oberholser, 1915) - Andaman Is.
  • minor (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) - S Thailand (from about Isthmus of Kra) S to Sumatra (including Simeulue I, Batu Is, Mentawai Is), Riau Archipelago, Bangka and Belitung, Java and Borneo.
  • linae Hubbard & duPont, 1974 - Palawan (SW Philippines).
  • claudiae Hubbard & duPont, 1974 - Tawitawi and Sanga Sanga (Sulu Archipelago).
  • rufa Wallace, 1863 - Talaud and Sangihe Is S to Sulawesi and offshore islands (Lembeh, Talisei, Togian, Muna, Butung).
  • pelingensis Neumann, 1939 - Banggai Is (Peleng, Banggai, Labobo).
  • sulana Mees, 1970 - Sula Is (Taliabu, Seho, Mangole, Sanana).

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