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 calling till its partner comes and gets excited. Locality Tendaba, Lower River Division , The Gambia (ssp chelicuti)
Daniêl Jimenez 30 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 4 sec 4.7 -
Two birds on a dead trunk, watching for prey. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp chelicuti)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 35 sec 4.7 -
Two birds perched, one, and then the other, localizing prey and swooping down after it. Locality Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp chelicuti)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2005 5 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a bird preening its breast Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp eremogiton)
Dave Jackson 20 November 2006 4 years ago 16 sec 4.5 -
A bird taking shelter from the sun with its bill opened Locality Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia (ssp eremogiton)
Dave Jackson 20 November 2006 4 years ago 20 sec 4.4 -
A bird on a branch Locality Arba Minch, Ethiopia (ssp chelicuti)
Josep del Hoyo 16 December 2005 5 years ago 34 sec 4.3
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bird perched near Lake Langano Hotel
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
kblach 21 November 2009 2 years ago 4.4 -
Dorsal view of bird perching in dry forest
Locality Lake Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 14 July 2009 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
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 51 weeks ago 3.6 -
On a deth branch
Locality Lake Langano (Wabe Shebelle) Hotel, Langano, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 10 February 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
Bird perches on a tree
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia (ssp eremogiton Hartert, 1921)
Holger Meinig 8 April 2011 37 weeks ago 3.3 -
A bird perched on a fence in a village.
Locality Waliso, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp chelicuti)
Stefan Helming 25 October 2009 2 years ago 3.3
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Calls. East of Rundu. 9:58am. Locality Rundu, Kavango Region, Namibia
(ssp chelicuti)
Charles Hesse 19 November 2009 2 years ago 3
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