Brown-winged Kingfisher
Pelargopsis amauroptera(Pearson, JT, 1841)
English (US) Brown-winged Kingfisher
The Brown-winged Kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: coastal areas from eastern India to Myanmar and northern Malay PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pelargopsis amauroptera
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Brown-winged Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Pearson, JT, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Halcyon Amauropterus
- Described by
- (Pearson, JT, 1841)
- Type locality
- Calcutta, India.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 10, pt.2, no.116 p.635
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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