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Stork-billed Kingfisher

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers

Photo: William Stephens · CC BY 4.0

Pelargopsis capensis

Basic stats

Habitat

Streams and ponds in lowland areas with tree cover

Size

About 35cm

The stork-billed kingfisher is a very large tree kingfisher, about 35cm long, with a massive bright red bill and red legs. It has a green back, blue wings and tail, an olive-brown head with a paler chin, and buff underparts and neck. Its flight is laboured and flapping but direct. The sexes look alike. Thirteen subspecies are recognised, differing mostly in plumage details; one form in the Philippines has a white head, neck and underparts (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is sedentary throughout its range (Wikipedia, general species account).

Quick answers

What habitat does the Stork-billed Kingfisher live in?
Streams and ponds in lowland areas with tree cover
How big is the Stork-billed Kingfisher?
About 35cm
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