Raja-udang (Kingfishers)
Stork-billed Kingfisher
Pelargopsis capensis
- epik
- 65 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A giant of the kingfisher tribe, plunging from low branches with a bill the size of a dagger. Its cackling laugh is unmistakable along the mangrove channels.
- Populasi
- Global population size not quantified; described as common to fairly common across most of its range
- Habitat
- Well-wooded lowland habitats near water: permanent rivers and streams, lakes, coastal shorelines, and mangrove forests, plus artificial waterbodies like drainage channels; occurs from sea level up to about 1,830 m elevation
- Fakta menarik
- Despite its name and kingfisher family membership, the stork-billed kingfisher is a generalist predator whose oversized red bill lets it take rodents and small birds as readily as fish, and it will aggressively drive off eagles and other large raptors that intrude on its territory.
- Sebaran
- South and Southeast Asia - Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) east through Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, to the Philippines; extremely large range (~16.8 million km2), sedentary/resident year-round
- Makanan
- Carnivorous generalist: fish, frogs, crabs, rodents, and young birds, hunted from a perch; occasionally takes fruit
- Ukuran
- 0,35 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,5 m
- Masa hidup
- 4,8 tahun
