Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

The striped kingfisher is a species of bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily. It was first described by Edward, Lord Stanley, in Salt's Voyage to Abyssinia in 1814 as "Chelicut kingfisher" Alaudo Chelicuti. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 50 times across 2 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Africa ranged from 24°S in December to 2°S in June, about 2,300 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.