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Blue-eared Kingfisher

Alcedo meninting Horsfield, T 1821

The blue-eared kingfisher is found in Asia, ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found mainly in dense shaded forests where it hunts in small streams. It is darker crowned, with darker rufous underparts and lacking the rufous ear stripe of the common kingfisher which is found in more open habitats. A number of subspecies have been described that differ in measurement and colour shade. Adult males have an all dark bill while females have a reddish lower mandible. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Coraciiformes
Family:
  Alcedinidae
Genus:
   Alcedo
Scientific:
  Alcedo meninting

Original description

Citation:
  Horsfield, T 1821

Reference:
   Trans. Linn. Soc. London (1), 13 p.172

Protonym:
  Alcedo Meninting

Type locality:
  Java.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/754905

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  39629250AB76EDB1

Avibase ID:
  avibase-39629250

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/39629250

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554552

Geographic range:

  • Alcedo meninting [meninting or amadoni]: Sumatra (including islands off west coast) and Java east to Lombok, also Sulawesi, Banggai Islands, and Sula Islands
  • Alcedo meninting verreauxi: Thai-Malay Peninsula south to the Riau Archipelago, Bangka, and Belitung, and east to Borneo, Palawan, and the Sulu Islands
  • Alcedo meninting coltarti: eastern India (northern Eastern Ghats) and base of Himalayas from central Nepal to northeastern India (Assam) east to Myanmar, Thailand, and Indochina
  • Alcedo meninting phillipsi: SW India (Kerala) and Sri Lanka
  • Alcedo meninting scintillans: Peninsular Myanmar and peninsular Thailand
  • Alcedo meninting rufigastra: Andaman Islands
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Catalan:
Blauet meninting
Czech:
ledňáček modrohřbetý
Danish:
Blåøret Isfugl
German:
Menintingeisvogel
Spanish:
Martín Pescador Meninting
Spanish (Spain):
Martín Pescador Meninting
Finnish:
sinikorvakalastaja
French:
Martin-pêcheur méninting
Croatian:
plavouhi vodomar
Hungarian:
Meninting-jégmadár
Italian:
Martin pescatore guanceblu
Japanese (romaji):
rurikawasemi
Japanese:
ルリカワセミ
Lithuanian:
Mėlynausis tulžys
Dutch:
Menintingijsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Lakmusisfugl
Norwegian:
Lakmusisfugl
Polish:
zimorodek granatowy
Portuguese:
guarda-rios-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal):
guarda-rios-de-faces-azuis
Russian:
Синеухий зимородок
Slovak:
rybárik lesný
Serbian:
Plavouhi vodomar
Swedish:
menintingkungsfiskare
Ukrainian:
Рибалочка темно-синій
Chinese:
蓝耳翠鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
藍耳翠鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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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 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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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Martin-pêcheur méninting ( Alcedo meninting) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (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:
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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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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
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Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Bengali: নীরকান ভাছযাঙা , নীলকান মাছরাঙা
Bengali (transliteration): nīlakāna mācharāṅā
Catalan: Blauet meninting
Czech: ledňáček modrohřbetý, Lednácek tmavomodrý
Danish: Blåøret Isfugl
German: Menintingeisvogel, Meninting-Eisvogel
Greek: Ασιατική Αλκυόνη
English: Blue eared Kingfisher, Blue-cheeked Kingfisher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Deep-blue Kingfisher, Malaysian Kingfisher
English, HBW: Blue-eared Kingfisher
English (IOC): Blue-eared Kingfisher
English (United States): Blue-eared Kingfisher
Esperanto: Bluorela alciono
Spanish: Martín Pescador de Orejas Azules, Martín Pescador Meninting
Spanish (Spain): Martín Pescador Meninting
Spanish (HBW): Blue-eared Kingfisher
Estonian: türkiis-jäälind
Finnish: Sinikorvakalastaja
French: Martin-pêcheur meninting, Martin-pêcheur méninting
Croatian: plavouhi vodomar
Hungarian: Meninting-jégmadár
Indonesian: Burung Raja-udang Meninting, Menintin, Raja udang belau, Raja udang meninting, Rajaudang Meninting, Raja-udang meninting
Italian: Martin pescatore guanceblu, Martin pescatore orecchie blu
Japanese (romaji): ruri kawa-semi, rurikawasemi
Japanese: ルリカワセミ
Japanese (Kanji): 琉璃川蝉, 琉璃翡翠, 琉璃魚狗, 瑠璃川蝉, 瑠璃翡翠, 瑠璃魚狗
Scientific: Alcedo meninting, Alcedo meninting meninting
Lithuanian: Mėlynausis tulžys
Malayalam: പൊടിപ്പൊന്മാൻ
Malay: Binti-Binti, Burung Binti-Binti, Burung Pekaka Bintik-bintik, Pekaka
Nepali: नीलटाउके माटीकोरे
Dutch: Meningtingijsvogel, Meningting-ijsvogel, Menintingijsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Lakmusisfugl
Norwegian: Lakmusisfugl
Polish: zimorodek granatowy
Pinyin: lán-ěr cuì-niǎo
Portuguese: guarda-rios-oriental
Portuguese (Portugal): guarda-rios-de-faces-azuis
Russian: *Синеухий зимородок, Синеухий зимородок
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Nilkan Pilihuduwa
Slovak: rybárik lesný, rybárik meninting
Slovenian: mangrovski vodomec
Serbian: Plavouhi vodomar
Swedish: Menintingkungsfiskare
Thai: นกกระเต็นน้อยหลังสีน้ำเงิน, นกกะเต็นน้อยหลังสีน้ำเงิน
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-ten nóaay lăŋ-sĭi-nám-ŋoen, nók krà-ten nóaay lăŋ-sĭi-nám-ŋoen
Turkish: Meninting yalıçapkını
Ukrainian: Рибалочка темно-синій
Vietnamese: Bồng chanh tai xanh, Chim Bồng chanh tai xanh
Chinese: 蓝耳翠鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 藍耳翠鳥

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