Brown-winged Kingfisher

Pelargopsis amauroptera

(Pearson, JT, 1841)
Alción Alipardo

Family: Alcedinidae
Order: Coraciiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Halcyon amauropterus.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Near Threatened

Description

The brown-winged kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae.

It is found along the north and eastern coasts of the Bay of Bengal, occurring in the countries of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. In India, it has been mainly reported from the Sundarbans region but records from further south near Chilka exist.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Source: Wikipedia, article Pelargopsis amauroptera. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.