Biology:Brown-winged kingfisher
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Short description: Species of bird
| Brown-winged kingfisher | |
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| From Bhitarkanika, Odisha. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: | Pelargopsis |
| Species: | P. amauroptera
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelargopsis amauroptera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pelargopsis amauropterus (Pearson, 1841) [orth. error] | |
The brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae.
It is found along the north and eastern coasts of the Bay of Bengal, occurring in the countries of Bangladesh, India , Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.[1] In India, it has been mainly reported from the Sundarbans region but records from further south near Chilka exist.[4]
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BirdLife International (2016). "Pelargopsis amauroptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22683213A92978779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683213A92978779.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22683213/92978779. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ↑ Pearson, J. T. (1841). "Catalogue of the birds in the museum of the Asiatic Society". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 10 (2): 628–660. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39758119.
- ↑ Pearson, J. T. (1839). "Observations on the "Report on the museum of the Asiatic Society, by Dr. Wm. Jameson," published in the Journal for March, 1839". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 8: 419–429. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40036514.
- ↑ Daniel, JC; Hussain, SA (1974). "The Brownwinged Storkbilled Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera (Pearson) in Orissa". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71 (2): 304–305.
Wikidata ☰ Q1263365 entry
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