Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Stork-billed Kingfisher

Thursday, 11 September 2014

Order - Coraciiformes
Family - Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Stork-billed Kingfisher

Pelargopsis capensis

鹳嘴翠鸟 (guàn-zuǐ cuì-niǎo) / 鹳嘴翡翠 (guàn-zuǐ fěi-cuì)

Malay : Pekaka-Emas Biasa

Japanese : コウハシショウビン (kō-hashi shōbin)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 鸛嘴翡翠

Size : 35 cm; Male 143–180 g, Female 182–225 g

Subspecies (15) and Distribution

Pelargopsis capensis capensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)
– Nepal to India, Sri Lanka and nw Myanmar.
Pelargopsis capensis osmastoni (Baker, ECS 1934)
– Andaman Islands.
Pelargopsis capensis intermedia (Hume, AO 1874)
– Nicobar Islands.
Pelargopsis capensis burmanica (Sharpe, RB 1870)
– Myanmar to Thailand, Indochina and south to Isthmus of Kra.
Pelargopsis capensis malaccensis (Sharpe, RB 1870)
– S Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago and Lingga Archipelago.
Pelargopsis capensis cyanopteryx (Oberholser, HC 1909)
– Sumatra, Bangka and Billiton islands.
Pelargopsis capensis simalurensis (Richmond, CW 1903)
– Banyak I. (off nw Sumatra).
Pelargopsis capensis sodalis (sodalis) (Richmond, CW 1903)
– Banyak Is, off NW Sumatra.
Pelargopsis capensis sodalis (nesoeca) (Oberholser, HC 1909)
– Nias I. and Batu Islands (off w Sumatra).
Pelargopsis capensis sodalis (isoptera) (Oberholser, HC 1909)
– Mentawi Archipelago (Pagai, Siberut and Sipura).
Pelargopsis capensis innominata (van Oort, ED 1910)
– Borneo.
Pelargopsis capensis javana (Boddaert, P 1783)
– Java.
Pelargopsis capensis floresiana (Sharpe, RB 1870)
– Lesser Sundas (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores).
Pelargopsis capensis gouldi (Sharpe, RB 1870)
– Philippines (Balabac, Culion, Lubang, Mindoro, Palawan, Calauit).
Pelargopsis capensis gigantea (Walden, A 1874)
– Central and s Philippines.