Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) - HBW 6, p. 210
French: Martin-chasseur strié
German: Streifenliest
Spanish: Alción Estriado
Taxonomy: Alaudo[sic] Chelicuti Stanley, 1814, Chelicut, Ethiopia.
Previously placed in monospecific genus Chelicutia. Races intergrade; a certain amount of geographical variation in dorsal coloration does not seem sufficient to warrant recognition of proposed races hylobia (W Zaire, NW Angola) and damarensis (S Angola E to Mozambique and Transvaal). Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- eremogiton Hartert, 1921 - Sahel zone from SC Mali and N Nigeria E to Sudan.
- chelicuti (Stanley, 1814) - S Mauritania to NW & S Somalia, S to NE Namibia, Botswana and N & NE South Africa (Natal).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird taking shelter from the sun with its bill opened Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp eremogiton)
Dave Jackson 20 November 2006 5 years ago 20 sec 4.8 -
Two birds on a dead trunk, watching for prey. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp chelicuti)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 35 sec 4.8 -
A bird calling till its partner comes and gets excited. Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (ssp chelicuti)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 December 2011 1 year ago 1 min 4 sec 4.8 -
A close-up of a bird preening its breast Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp eremogiton)
Dave Jackson 20 November 2006 5 years ago 16 sec 4.8 -
A bird on a dead trunk, watching for prey. Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp chelicuti)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 7 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched on a pole Locality Fathala Forest, Sine Saloum Delta, Fatick Region, Senegal
Juan Sanabria 1 January 2009 3 years ago 25 sec 4.3
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Adult
Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (ssp chelicuti)
Paul Cools 8 February 2011 26 weeks ago 4.4 -
Dorsal view of bird perching in dry forest
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 14 July 2009 1 year ago 4.4 -
bird perched near Lake Langano Hotel
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Krzysztof Blachowiak 21 November 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
Perched in a small tree.
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp chelicuti)
David Beadle 3 February 2009 17 weeks ago 4 -
A bird perched on a tree.
Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp chelicuti)
Carmelo López 11 November 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perching on a branch
Locality Benoue National Park, Adamawa Province, Cameroon
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 12 February 2012 49 weeks ago 3.6
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Calls. East of Rundu. 9:58am. Locality Rundu, Kavango Region, Namibia
(ssp chelicuti)
Charles Hesse 19 November 2009 3 years ago 3
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