Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Kingfishers :: Common Kingfisher

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): River Kingfisher, European Kingfisher, Eurasian Kingfisher, Kingfisher
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 14, 2002 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Oct 14, 2002 © William Hull  Tamagawa River, Tokyo, Japan - Oct 20, 2002 © William Hull  Tamagawa River, Tokyo, Japan - Oct 20, 2002 © William Hull  Netherlands - 2003 © Ben van den Broek 
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Range

W. Europe to c. and e. Asia, Indonesia to the Solomon Is.
Fragmented distribution;
(1) Europe (British Isles, s. Sweden, s. Finland e. across c. and s. Russia) to s. Siberia.
(2) Mediterranean region to s. Europe (Portugal (Pera Marsh, Lagoa dos Salgados, Algarve), nw. Africa and Syria and Arabia.
(3) N. India to Malaya, Greater Sundas, Hainan Is., the Philippines, Taiwan, Ryukyu Is., Japan, Kuril Is. and Sakhalin Is.
(4) S. India and Sri Lanka. Andaman Is. and Nicobar Is.
(5) Lesser Sundas from Bali to Timor Is.
(6) Sulawesi, Moluccas, w. Papuan Is., New Guinea, Admiralty Is. and the Bismarck Archipelago.
(7) Solomon Is.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Hong Kong Birdwatching Society
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Massaciuccolis Oasis
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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