Listen to the Shining-blue kingfisher
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About the Shining-blue kingfisher
The Shining-blue kingfisher is a bird in the family Alcedinidae (order Coraciiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 4 g.
What does the Shining-blue kingfisher sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The shining-blue kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is found in tropical Africa.
The shining-blue kingfisher was described of by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850 and given its current binomial name Alcedo quadribrachys. The name Alcedo is the Latin word for a "kingfisher". The specific epithet quadribrachys is from the Latin quadri- for "four" and brachium meaning "arms" or in this case "toes".
Related birds in the genus Alcedo
More from the family Alcedinidae
Pied kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
White-throated kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
Laughing kookaburra
Dacelo novaeguineae
Stork-billed kingfisher
Pelargopsis capensis
Grey-headed kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala
Sacred kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus
Brown-hooded kingfisher
Halcyon albiventris
Ringed kingfisher
Megaceryle torquata
Green kingfisher
Chloroceryle americana
Blue-winged kookaburra
Dacelo leachii
Frequently asked questions
What does a Shining-blue kingfisher sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Shining-blue kingfisher on this page, including its call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Shining-blue kingfisher endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Shining-blue kingfisher as “least concern”.
What family does the Shining-blue kingfisher belong to?
The Shining-blue kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys) belongs to the family Alcedinidae in the order Coraciiformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Cavalla River, Grand Gedeh, Liberia by Ben Phalan – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q143155 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Shining-blue kingfisher – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Charles J. Sharp – CC BY-SA 4.0