Sulawes

Sulawes
Sulawes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Secondary
Type of:	Chordate
Subtype :	Vertebrates
Infratype :	Maxillary
Overclass :	Tetrapods
Grade:	Birds
Subclass :	Real birds
Infraclass :	Newborn
Squad:	Shellfish
Family:	Kingfisher
Subfamily :	Halcyoninae
Gender:	Actenoides
View:	Sulawes
International scientific name
	Actenoides monachus ( Bonaparte , 1850)
Security status
	Close to vulnerable; IUCN 3.1 Near Threatened : 22726844

Sulawesian alcione ^[1] ( lat. Actenoides monachus ) is a South Asian bird of the kingfisher family.

Content

1 Description
2 Distribution
3 Behavior and reproduction
4 Subspecies
5 notes
6 Literature

Description

Body length - up to 31 cm, the bird has a red beak, black or blue head. The back, wings and tail are dark green, the neck and underside are reddish brown. The male has blue and the female has chestnut cheeks. In young birds, the cheeks are also chestnut, the beak is yellowish.

Distribution

This is an endemic species that lives only in Sulawesi . It inhabits humid tropical lowland forests up to an altitude of 900 m above sea level.

Behavior and Reproduction

This is a calm, lonely bird, of which little is known. Probably nests in March or April, nesting in a termite mound , earthen hole or tree hollow. It feeds on leg - bugs and bugs .

Subspecies

Actenoides m. monachus lives in the north of Sulawesi and on several neighboring islands. The head is dark blue, the chest is dark reddish-brown, the belly is light.
Actenoides m. capucinus lives in the south and east of the island. Head black, Chest and belly reddish-brown.

Notes

↑ Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 177. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .

Literature

C. Hilary Fry & Kathie Fry: Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, & Rollers . Princeton, New Jersey 1992,1999, ISBN 0-691-04879-7

[1] Boehme R. L. , Flint V. E. The Bilingual Dictionary of Animal Names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Ed. ed. Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., "RUSSO", 1994. - S. 177. - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0 .