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Stork-billed Kingfisher

Pelargopsis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

The stork-billed kingfisher, is a tree kingfisher which is widely but sparsely distributed in the tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India to Indonesia. This kingfisher is resident throughout its range. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Coraciiformes
Family:
  Alcedinidae
Genus:
   Pelargopsis
Scientific:
  Pelargopsis capensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, 1766)

Reference:
  Syst.Nat.ed.12 p.180

Protonym:
  Alcedo capensis

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946375

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  2B0E883A7691DF70

Avibase ID:
  avibase-2B0E883A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/2B0E883A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554581

Geographic range:

  • Pelargopsis capensis capensis: Nepal to India, Sri Lanka and nw Myanmar
  • Pelargopsis capensis burmanica: Myanmar to Thailand, Indochina and south to Isthmus of Kra
  • Pelargopsis capensis intermedia: Nicobar Islands
  • Pelargopsis capensis osmastoni: Andaman Islands
  • Pelargopsis capensis malaccensis: S Malay Peninsula, Riau Archipelago and Lingga Archipelago
  • Pelargopsis capensis cyanopteryx: Sumatra, Bangka and Billiton islands
  • Pelargopsis capensis innominata: Borneo
  • Pelargopsis capensis simalurensis: Simeulue I. (off nw Sumatra)
  • Pelargopsis capensis sodalis (sodalis): Banyak I. (off nw Sumatra)
  • Pelargopsis capensis sodalis (nesoeca): Nias I. and Batu Islands (off w Sumatra)
  • Pelargopsis capensis sodalis (isoptera): Mentawi Archipelago (Pagai, Siberut and Sipura)
  • Pelargopsis capensis floresiana: Lesser Sundas (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores)
  • Pelargopsis capensis javana: Java
  • Pelargopsis capensis gouldi: Philippines (Balabac, Culion, Lubang, Mindoro, Palawan, Calauit)
  • Pelargopsis capensis gigantea: Central and s Philippines
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Catalan:
Alció bec de cigonya
Czech:
ledňáček gurial
Danish:
Blåvinget Storkenæbsisfugl
German:
Storchschnabelliest
Spanish:
Alción Picocigüeña
Spanish (Spain):
Alción Picocigüeña
Finnish:
sulttaanikalastaja
French:
Martin-chasseur gurial
Croatian:
crvenokljuni vodomar
Hungarian:
gólyacsőrű halción
Italian:
Martin pescatore becco di cicogna
Japanese (romaji):
kouhashishoubin
Japanese:
コウハシショウビン
Lithuanian:
Gandrasnapis pelargopsis
Dutch:
Ooievaarsbekijsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Storkenebbisfugl
Norwegian:
Storkenebbisfugl
Polish:
łowiec niebieskoskrzydły
Portuguese:
martim-caçador-de-bico-vermelho
Russian:
Аистоклювый гуриал
Slovak:
rybárikovec gurial
Swedish:
storknäbbskungsfiskare
Ukrainian:
Гуріал смарагдовокрилий
Chinese:
鹳嘴翡翠
Chinese (Traditional):
鸛嘴翡翠

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Stork-billed Kingfisher ( Pelargopsis capensis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Martin-chasseur gurial ( Pelargopsis capensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Martin-chasseur gurial ( Pelargopsis capensis) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 5th edition (as published):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Pelargopsis capensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Pelargopsis capensis [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Species status: full species

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Bengali: গুচযয়ার , মেঘহও মাছরাঙা, হভঘ঴ও , হভঘ঴ও ভাছযাঙা
Bengali (transliteration): guriẏāla, mēghaha'ō, mēghaha'ō mācharāṅā
Catalan: Alció bec de cigonya
Cebuano: bakaka
Czech: Lednácek gurial, ledňáček gurial
Danish: Blåvinget Storkenæbsisfugl
German: Gurial, Storchschnabel, Storchschnabelliest
English: Brown-headed Stork-billed Kingfish, Brown-headed Stork-billed Kingfisher, Brown-headed Stork-billed-Kingfisher, Stork billed Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher
English, HBW: Stork-billed Kingfisher
English (IOC): Stork-billed Kingfisher
English (United States): Stork-billed Kingfisher
Esperanto: Cikonibeka arbalciono
Spanish: Alción Pico de Cigüeña, Alción Picocigüeña
Spanish (Spain): Alción Picocigüeña
Spanish (HBW): Stork-billed Kingfisher
Estonian: jõgi-safiirlind
Finnish: Sulttaanikalastaja
French: Martin-chasseur gurial
Croatian: crvenokljuni vodomar
Hungarian: gólyacsőrű halción
Indonesian: Burung Pekaka Emas, Pekaka emas, Raja udang paruh bango
Italian: Martin pescatore becco di cicogna
Japanese (romaji): kō-hashi shōbin, kouhashishoubin
Japanese: コウハシショウビン
Japanese (Kanji): 鸛嘴翡翠
Kirghiz: куназтумшук чабакчыл
Scientific: Alcedo capensis, Halcyon capensis, Pelargopsis capensis, Pelargopsis capensis capensis
Lithuanian: Gandrasnapis pelargopsis
Malayalam: കാക്ക  മീന്‍കൊത്തി, കാക്കമീൻകൊത്തി
Malay: Burung Buaya, Burung Pekaka Buaya, Burung Pekaka Emas, Burung Pekaka Paruh Besar, Pekaka Emas, Pekaka Paruh Pendek
Nepali: ठूलो माटीकोरे
Dutch: Ooievaarsbekijsvogel, Ooievaarssnavel, Ooievaarssnavel ijsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Storkenebbisfugl
Norwegian: Storkenebbisfugl, Storknebbisfugl
Polish: lowiec niebieskoskrzydly, łowiec niebieskoskrzydły
Pinyin: guàn-zuǐ fěicuì
Portuguese: martim-caçador-de-bico-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal): guarda-rios-bico-de-cegonha
Russian: Аистоклювый гуриал, Аистоклювый зимородок
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Manathudu Madi-pilihuduwa
Slovak: rybárikovec gurial
Slovenian: obalni štorkljekljunec
Swedish: Storknäbbskungsfiskare
Tamil: Peria Alagu Meenkothi
Thai: กามกวม, นกกระเต็นใหญ่, นกกระเต็นใหญ่ธรรมดา, นกกระเต็นช้าง, นกกะเต็นใหญ่ธรรมดา, นกกะเต็นใหญ่ธรรมดา, นกกำกวม, นกกำกวม
Thai (Transliteration): nók kaam-kuam, nók kam-kuam, nók kà-ten yày tʰam-ma-daa, nók krà-ten cʰáaŋ, nók krà-ten yày, nók krà-ten yày tʰam-ma-daa
Turkish: Leylek gagalı yalıçapkını
Tatar: ләкләк томшыклы яр чыпчыгы
Ukrainian: Гуріал смарагдовокрилий
Vietnamese: Chim Bói cá mỏ cò, Chim Sả mỏ rộng, Sả mỏ rộng
Chinese: 鹳嘴翠鸟, 鹳嘴翡翠
Chinese (Traditional): 鸛嘴翠鳥, 鸛嘴翡翠

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