Brown-hooded Kingfisher vs Striped Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

Medium65 gShrubland

The brown-hooded kingfisher is about 22 cm (8.7 in) long. The head is brown, with blackish streaks. There is a broad buffy collar above the brownish-black mantle. The wing coverts are mostly brownish-black, and the secondary flight feathers are turquoise. The rump is azure-blue. The chin is white, the breast is tawny with some dark streaks, and the belly is buffy. The beak is red, tipped brown, the legs are carmine, and the eyes are dark brown. The female has dark brown upperparts, and its underparts are more streaked than the male.

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Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/ · CC BY 2.0

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Small43 gShrubland

The striped kingfisher of the nominate subspecies H. c. chelicuti averages 16 to 18 cm (about 6.5 in) from beak to tail. Perched adults look mostly greyish brown on the upper part of the body. The lower back, secondary flight feathers, and tail are metallic blue; this colour is much more visible when the bird flies than when it is perched, as is a white patch at the base of the primary flight feathers. The wing linings are white with a black border, and in males a black bar at the base of the primaries.

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Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Duet · Kingori, Meru, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Brown-hooded Kingfisher and Striped Kingfisher.