Black-backed Dwarf-kingfisher

Order - Coraciiformes
Family - Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Black-backed Dwarf-kingfisher

Ceyx erithaca

黑背三趾翠鸟 (hēi-bèi sān-zhǐ cuì-niǎo)

    Malay : Raja Udang-Api Belakang Hitam

    Japanese : ミツユビカワセミ (mitsu-yubi kawa-semi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 三つ趾川蝉 / 三つ趾翡翠 / 三つ趾魚狗

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 7,530,000km²
    Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding) : 9,370,000km²

    Migratory Status : Full Migrant

    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : 12.5–14 cm (average 13 cm); Male 14–21·5 g, Female 14–16 g

    

    Subspecies (2) and Distribution

• Ceyx erithaca erithaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – Partial migrant and resident from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, southwestern and southern China, eastward to Hainan, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, wintering mainly in the Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra, Indonesia.
• Ceyx erithaca macrocarus (Oberholser, 1917)
  – Resident on Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Distribution Map

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 20 September 2025

Location : Hutan Lipur Bukit Ayer, Kangar, Perlis

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 19 October 2019

Location : Taman Rimba Kiara, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail (TTDI), Kuala Lumpur