Brown-winged kingfisher
In Thai: นกกะเต็นใหญ่ปีกสีน้ำตาล, nok kraten yai peek see namtaan
Binomial name: Pelargopsis amauroptera, Oliver Paynie Pearson, 1841
The brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae.
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. In India, it has been mainly reported from the Sundarbans region but records from further south near Chilka exist.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Pelargopsis
- Species
- Pelargopsis amauroptera
Common names
- Thai: นกกะเต็นใหญ่ปีกสีน้ำตาล, nok kraten yai peek see namtaan
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN3.1)
Photos
Range Map
- Ao Phang-Nga National Park
- Hat Chao Mai National Park
- Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park
- Mueang Krabi District, Krabi
- Mueang Phang Nga District, Phang Nga
- Mueang Phuket District, Phuket
- Mueang Ranong District, Ranong
- Mueang Satun District, Satun
- Sirinat National Park
- Sri Phang-nga National Park
- Thalang District, Phuket