Brown-winged kingfisher

The brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae.

Brown-winged kingfisher
From Bhitarkanika, Odisha.
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Alcedinidae
Subfamily:	Halcyoninae
Genus:	Pelargopsis
Species:	P. amauroptera
Binomial name
Pelargopsis amauroptera (Pearson, JT, 1841) [2][3]
Synonyms
Pelargopsis amauropterus (Pearson, 1841) [orth. error]

It is found along the north and eastern coasts of the Bay of Bengal, occurring in the countries of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.^[1] In India, it has been mainly reported from the Sundarbans region but records from further south near Chilka exist.^[4]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Brown-winged kingfisher, Sundarbans, West Bengal, India

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Pelargopsis amauroptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683213A92978779. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683213A92978779.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Pearson, J. T. (1841). "Catalogue of the birds in the museum of the Asiatic Society". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 10 (2): 628–660.
3. Pearson, J. T. (1839). "Observations on the "Report on the museum of the Asiatic Society, by Dr. Wm. Jameson," published in the Journal for March, 1839". Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 8: 419–429.
4. Daniel, JC; Hussain, SA (1974). "The Brownwinged Storkbilled Kingfisher Pelargopsis amauroptera (Pearson) in Orissa". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71 (2): 304–305.