Common Kingfisher

Order - Coraciiformes 佛法僧目
Family - Alcedinidae 翠鸟科 (Kingfishers)
Genus - Alcedo 翠鸟属

Common Kingfisher

Alcedo atthis

普通翠鸟

    Size : 16-18 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Alcedo atthis ispida (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – S Norway, British Is and Spain (except S & E) E to W Russia and Romania; winters S to S Portugal, N Africa, Cyprus and Iraq.
• Alcedo atthis atthis (Linnaeus, 1758) – Common Kingfisher
  – NW Africa and S & E Spain E to Bulgaria, Afghanistan and NW India, then N to C Siberia and NW China; winters S to Egypt, NE Sudan, Oman and Pakistan.
• Alcedo atthis bengalensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)
  – C India E to SE Asia, S & E China (including Hainan), N to SE Siberia, E Mongolia and Japan; winters S to Greater Sundas, N Sulawesi, Sula Is, N Moluccas and Philippines.
• Alcedo atthis taprobana (O. Kleinschmidt, 1894)
  – S India (S of R Godavari) and Sri Lanka.
• Alcedo atthis floresiana (Sharpe, 1892)
  – Bali and Lesser Sundas E to Wetar and Timor.
• Alcedo atthis hispidoides (Lesson, 1837) – Cobalt-eared Kingfisher
  – Sulawesi, Moluccas and W Papuan Is, and coastal E New Guinea from Sepik R and Aroa R to Bismarck Archipelago, D’Entrecasteaux Is and Louisiade Archipelago.
• Alcedo atthis salomonensis (Rothschild & E. J. O. Hartert, 1905)
  – Nissan I (off E Bismarcks), and Solomon Is from Buka and Bougainville SE to Makira (San Cristobal).

Date : 21 June 2019
洪湖公园, 罗湖区, 深圳市, 广东省, 中国

Honghu Park, Luohu District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China