Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher

When to see the Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is May, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher

The Javan blue-banded kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae. It is endemic to and found throughout Java, but is thought to be extremely rare due to human pressures such as habitat destruction. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and rivers. Its population is estimated to be just 50-249 individuals, and is believed to be in decline.

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Easily confused with

Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachysThe shining-blue kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo herculesBlyth's kingfisher is between 22 and 23 cm (8+5⁄8 and 9 in) in length, making it the largest of the Alcedo kingfishers. Malaysian Blue-banded KingfisherAlcedo peninsulaeIt is a small-sized bird at 20 cm on average, but comparatively larger than other species of the kingfisher in similar regions, with a relatively long bill and a short tail.