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

    Size : 12.5–14 cm; Male 14–21·5 g, Female 14–16 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Ceyx erithaca erithaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – SW India (S from Bombay) S to Sri Lanka, and from Bhutan E to S China (Yunnan, Hainan) and S through C & S Indochina to Malay Peninsula (S to Isthmus of Kra); migrates S, reaching Sumatra and Borneo and their associated islands.
• Ceyx erithaca macrocarus (Oberholser, 1917)
  – Andaman and Nicobar Is.

Ceyx erithaca ssp. erithaca
Date : 19 October 2019

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