Species factsheet

Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

Order: Pelargopsis capensis
Family: Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Danish name: Blåvinget Storkenæbsisfugl

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Subspecies and Distribution

capensis

Nepal through India to Sri Lanka

osmastoni

Andaman Is.

intermedia

Nicobar Is.

burmanica

Burma to Indochina and south to n Malay Pen.

malaccensis

c and s Malay Pen., Riau Arch. and Lingga Arch.

cyanopteryx

Sumatra, Bangka and Belitung Is.

simalurensis

Simeulue I. (off nw Sumatra)

sodalis

Banyak, Nias, Batu and Mentawai Is. (off nw Sumatra)

innominata

Borneo

javana

Java

floresiana

Bali to Flores (Lesser Sundas)

gouldi

n Philippines

gigantea

c and s Philippines

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