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The average length of this bird is 32 cm. It is large, orange to red bill and purple-blue moustache, wings, and tail. The two subspecies are: A. b. bougainvillei can be found in Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. The immature plumage is unknown. However, the adult male has dark tawny-orange forehead, crown, cheeks and mantle. A narrow, delineated purple-blue line runs from behind the eye to the nape, and a broader one forms a long moustache stripe from the lower mandible, curving under and behind the cheeks and ear coverts.
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When to see the Moustached Kingfisher
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 1 month with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Moustached Kingfisher
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Moustached Kingfisher
The moustached kingfisher, also called Bougainville moustached kingfisher, is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea. An estimated 1,300–7,000 mature individuals are left.
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Easily confused with
Scaly-breasted KingfisherActenoides princepsThe adult scaly-breasted kingfisher measures about 24 cm (9 in) in length.
Blue-capped KingfisherActenoides hombroniThe blue-capped kingfisher, also known as Hombron's kingfisher, is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae endemic to the Philippines and found only on Mindanao.
Green-backed KingfisherActenoides monachusThe green-backed kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae endemic to Indonesia, where it is restricted to north and central Sulawesi, and the islands of Manadotua and Lembeh.
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