Halcyon pileata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	AVES	CORACIIFORMES	ALCEDINIDAE

Scientific Name:

Halcyon pileata

Species Authority:

(Boddaert, 1783)

Common Name/s:

English

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Black-capped Kingfisher

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2012

Assessor/s:

BirdLife International

Reviewer/s:

Butchart, S. & Symes, A.

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

History:

2009	–	Least Concern
2008	–	Least Concern
2004	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; China; Hong Kong; India; Japan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Myanmar; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Viet Nam Vagrant: Indonesia; Nepal; Pakistan; Russian Federation; Sri Lanka; Taiwan, Province of China
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Population [top]

Population:	The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally frequent and common to uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 2001), while national population estimates include: c.100-100,000 breeding pairs and c.50-10,000 individuals on migration in China; < c.50 individuals on migration and < c.50 wintering individuals in Taiwan and c.100-100,000 breeding pairs and c.50-10,000 individuals on migration in Korea (Brazil 2009).
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population:

The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be locally frequent and common to uncommon (del Hoyo et al. 2001), while national population estimates include: c.100-100,000 breeding pairs and c.50-10,000 individuals on migration in China; < c.50 individuals on migration and < c.50 wintering individuals in Taiwan and c.100-100,000 breeding pairs and c.50-10,000 individuals on migration in Korea (Brazil 2009).

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine

Systems:

Terrestrial; Freshwater; Marine

Bibliography [top]

	Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London. del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain. IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012).

Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London.

del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. 2001. Handbook of the Birds of the World, vol. 6: Mousebirds to Hornbills. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.

IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2012.1). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 June 2012).

Citation:	BirdLife International 2012. Halcyon pileata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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