Species profile
Black-capped Kingfisher
Halcyon pileata
Quick answer
Manchuria, Korea and China to s India, Malaya and Sulu Arch.
- Scientific name
- Halcyon pileata
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Genus
- Halcyon
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
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Related species in Alcedinidae
- African Dwarf-kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
- African Pygmy-kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
- Alcedo albogularis (Alcedo albogularis)
- Alcedo atricapilla (Alcedo atricapilla)
- Alcedo bicolor (Alcedo bicolor)
- Alcedo brasiliensis (Alcedo brasiliensis)
- Alcedo caerulea (Alcedo caerulea)
- Alcedo caeruleocephala (Alcedo caeruleocephala)