Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
About the Striped Kingfisher
The striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) is a species of bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily. It was first described by Edward, Lord Stanley, in Salt's Voyage to Abyssinia in 1814 as "Chelicut kingfisher" Alaudo Chelicuti. The genus name Halcyon comes from a bird in Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher. There was an ancient belief that the halcyon nested on the sea, which it calmed in order to lay its eggs on a floating nest. The species' name chelicuti derives from Chelicut in Ethiopia, the location at which Stanley's type specimen was obtained.
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 50 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataprofile
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbicaprofile
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventrisprofile
- Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badiaprofile
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephalaprofile
- Javan KingfisherHalcyon cyanoventrisprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.