Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys) - HBW 6, p. 237
French: Martin-pêcheur azuré
German: Schillereisvogel
Spanish: Martín Pescador Brillante
Other common names: Shining Kingfisher
Taxonomy: Alcedo quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850, Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with A. azurea and A. websteri, and possibly also A. meninting. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- quadribrachys Bonaparte, 1850 - Senegambia to W Nigeria (E to R Niger).
- guentheri Sharpe, 1892 - SE Nigeria E to extreme S Sudan and Uganda (L Victoria), and S to N Angola and NW Zambia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A dorsal view of a bird on a branch Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp guentheri)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 6 years ago 37 sec 4.5 -
A perched bird looking for fish Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp guentheri)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 6 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
A bird moving along a branch and looking for fish Locality Jacana Lodge, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp guentheri)
Josep del Hoyo 5 September 2006 6 years ago 29 sec 4.1 -
Perched bird Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (ssp quadribrachys)
mark sutton 7 December 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 3
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adult male perched
Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana (ssp quadribrachys)
Nik Borrow 22 April 2013 7 weeks ago 4.5 -
Adult male perched
Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana (ssp quadribrachys)
Nik Borrow 23 April 2012 1 year ago 3.7 -
Mounted bird.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany
Tomasz Doroń 6 October 2009 3 years ago 2
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