Blue-Eared Kingfisher

Alcedo meninting

Description

Alcedo meninting is small with a light blue color on the back. The hair on the chest is bright orange. Long black beak and red legs.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

15 cm

Ca

Carnivore

Di

Diurnal

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Coraciiformes

FAMILY

:

Alcedinidae

GENUS

:

Alcedo

SPECIES

:

Alcedo meninting

Distribution

Alcedo meninting is often seen in freshwater flow areas, such as rivers and lakes, sometimes also seen above brackish water to an altitude of 1000 masl.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : India to China and Southeast Asia: Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok

Habits and Lifestyle

The Alcedo meninting flies very quickly from perch to perch, making odd fluctuating head movements as it forages. Dive at lightning speed to catch prey, then taken to a perch killed freshly eaten.

Lifestyle

–

Biome

Tropical Forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

This species preys on fish, aquatic insects, and the larvae of beetles and dragonflies

Diet : Carnivora

Mating Habits

The breeding season in India is May to June in northern India and January in southwest India. The nest is in the form of a one meter long tunnel on the bank of a forest river. Lay 5-7 white eggs

Reproduction session : May to June in northern India and January in southwest India

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 5 – 7 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

This species is widely distributed and does not approach the threshold for vulnerability, therefore it was evaluated as of Least Concern

PHOTO GALLERY

Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Blue-Eared Kingfisher on Wikipedia article 
  3. Alcedo meninting on The IUCN Red List site