Alcedo hercules
– Near Threatened
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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AVES
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Order:
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CORACIIFORMES
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Family:
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ALCEDINIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Alcedo hercules
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Species Authority:
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Laubmann, 1917
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | BLYTH'S KINGFISHER |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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NT ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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BirdLife International
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Evaluator/s:
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Stattersfield, A., Benstead, P. & Butchart, S. (BirdLife International Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Nearly qualifies for listing as threatened under criteria C1+2a(i).
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Threatened (Collar and Andrew 1988) |
| 1994 | - | Vulnerable (Collar, Crosby and Stattersfield 1994) |
| 2000 | - | Lower Risk/near threatened (BirdLife International 2000) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Alcedo hercules occurs in southern China (rare), eastern Nepal (vagrant), Bhutan (rare), north-east India (rare), Bangladesh (vagrant), Myanmar (scarce to fairly common in the north, west and south), north-west Thailand (very rare visitor), Laos (uncommon to locally common in the north and Annamite mountains, scarce further south) and Vietnam (locally fairly common in west Tonkin and Annam). It is found along streams in evergreen forest and adjacent open country from 200-1,200 m, mainly at 400-1,000 m. It is still widespread at low densities within its historical range, although deforestation is reducing and fragmenting its habitat and human disturbance and river pollution are possibly also threats. Given its linear distribution along rivers, and thus restricted extent of occurrence, the total population size is possibly relatively small.
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Countries:
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Native:
Bhutan; China; India; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam
Vagrant:
Bangladesh; Nepal
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Habitat and Ecology
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System:
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Terrestrial; Freshwater
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