ALCEDINIDAE
BLUE-BANDED KINGFISHER 

  Location : Selangor 

Date : 23 June 2018

20–20.5 cm Male peninsulae: Mostly dull dark brownish wings, blue breast-band. Bill largely blackish.Female: Similar to Common but larger and bulkier, crown, scapulars and wings much duller and browner, blue stripe down centre of upperparts whiter, no rufous-chestnut on ear-coverts behind eye. Bill has mostly dull reddish lower mandible. Juvenile male: More rufous on belly than adult. VOICE Similar to Common but less shrill. HABITAT Medium-sized and larger streams in broadleaved evergreen forest, sometimes smaller streams; up to 825 m. RANGE Sc/un R Tenasserim, W,S Thailand, Pen Malaysia.