Indigo-banded Kingfisher

When to see the Indigo-banded Kingfisher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Indigo-banded Kingfisher

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Indigo-banded Kingfisher

The Indigo-banded kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found on the islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Masbate and the Western Visayas region. Some authorities consider this to be two separate species namely the birds from Western Visayas as the South indigo banded kingfisher and the birds from Luzon, Mindoro and Masbate as the North indigo banded kingfisher. Its habitat are in streams in tropical moist lowland forest. It is declining in population due to habitat loss and degradation.

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Easily confused with

Southern Silvery KingfisherCeyx argentatusThe southern silvery kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines found in Mindanao and Basilan. Sulawesi Dwarf KingfisherCeyx fallaxThe Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to Sulawesi island, Indonesia. Northern Silvery KingfisherCeyx flumenicolaThe northern silvery kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines being found in the Visayas on the islands of Bohol, Leyte and Samar.