• Synonyms Black billed Kingfisher, Black-billed Kingfisher, Celebes Stork-billed Kingfisher
  • Old latin name for bird Halcyon melanorhyncha, Alcedo melanorhyncha

Great-billed Kingfisherbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Joseph Monkhouse
    Indonesia
  • 2.
    Call, flight call, © Jordan Lukacs
    Indonesia
  • 3.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Indonesia
  • 4.
    Song, © Andrew Spencer
    Indonesia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Great-billed Kingfisher

  • Breeding region Australasia
  • Breeding subregion Sulawesi

Great-billed Kingfisher subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha dichrorhynchaBanggai Is. (e of Sulawesi)-No
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha eutreptorhynchaSula Is. (e of Sulawesi)-No
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha melanorhynchaSulawesi and satellites-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Bengaliকারামঠাুঁট ভাছযাঙা
Catalanalció becnegre
Chinese大嘴翡翠
Chinese (Traditional)黑嘴鸛嘴翡翠
Croatiantamnoleđi vodomar
CzechLednácek cernozobý, ledňáček černozobý, ledňáček šerohlavý
DanishGrårygget Storkenæbsisfugl
DutchGrootsnavelijsvogel, Grootsnavel-ijsvogel
EsperantoNigrabeka arbalciono
Estonianpugal-safiirlind
Finnishmustanokkakalastaja, Mustavatsakalastaja
FrenchMartin-chasseur à bec noir
GermanSchwarzschnabelliest, Schwarzschnabelgurial, Schwazschnabelliest
IndonesianPekaka bua-bua, Bonkaka, Raja udang perut hitam
ItalianMartin pescatore becconero
Japaneseセレベスコウハシショウビン
Lithuanianjuodasnapis pelargopsis
Norwegiansotvingeisfugl
Norwegian NynorskSotvengisfugl
Polishłowiec czarnodzioby, lowiec czarnodzioby
Portuguesemartim-caçador-de-bico-preto, guarda-rios-de-bico-grande
RussianЧерноклювый гуриал
Slovakrybárikovec čiernozobý
Sloveniansajasti štorkljekljunec
SpanishAlción de Pico Grande, Alción piquinegro
Swedishstornäbbad kungsfiskare, Gråryggad kungsfiskare
TurkishKoca Gagalı Yalıçapkını
Ukrainianгуріал чорнодзьобий