Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher

Alcedo euryzona Temminck, 1830

Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher, Alcedo euryzona, is a kingfisher of the family Alcedinidae in Java, where it breeds in the Oriental Region. It is found across the island and lives in moist lowland forest, mangrove forest and along rivers. The male is marked by a broad blue-green band across a white chest, while the female has an all-orange belly. It is a small, rather dark bird, and differs from the common kingfisher in having duller, darker plumage and no bright white-and-orange patch behind the eye.

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Alcedinidae — Kingfishers

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Java