Green-backed Kingfisher / Actenoides monachus
Green-backed Kingfisher bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | NT - Near threatened |
Synonyms | Blue-headed Wood Kingfisher, Lowland Kingfisher, Blue-headed Kingfisher, Lonely Kingfisher, Hooded Kingfisher, Green backed Kingfisher, Celebes Green Kingfisher, Cowled Kingfisher, Celebes Lowland Kingfisher |
Old latin name for bird | Dacelo cyanocephalus, Dacelalcyon confusus, Halcyon monacha, Monarchalcyon cyanocephala, Actenoides monacha |
Order | Kingfishers and relatives / Coraciiformes |
Family | Kingfishers / Alcedinidae |
Genus | Actenoides |
Breeding region | Australasia |
Breeding subregion | Sulawesi |
Green-backed Kingfisher bird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species

Spotted Wood Kingfisher

Moustached Kingfisher

Scaly-breasted Kingfisher

Hombron's Kingfisher

Rufous-collared Kingfisher
Where to see Green-backed Kingfisher
Green-backed Kingfisher subspecies (2)
Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
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Actenoides monachus capucinus | e, se, s Sulawesi and Butung (=Buton, s of se Sulawesi) | - | No |
Actenoides monachus monachus | n, c Sulawesi, Manadotua (nw of ne Sulawesi) and Lembeh (e of ne Sulawesi) | - | No |
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Catalan | alció monjo |
Chinese | 绿背翡翠 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 綠背翡翠 |
Croatian | zelenoleđi vodomar |
Czech | ledňáček poustevnický, Lednácek poustevnický, ledňáček modrohlavý |
Danish | Grønrygget Skovisfugl |
Dutch | Blauwkopbosijsvogel, Blauwkop-bosijsvogel |
Esperanto | Verddorsa arbalciono |
Estonian | roheselg-safiirlind |
Finnish | erakkokalastaja |
French | Martin-chasseur moine |
German | Einsiedler-Liest, Einsiedlerliest |
Hungarian | celebeszi halción |
Indonesian | Raja udang, Cekakak-hutan tunggir-hijau, Cekakakhutan Tunggir-hijau |
Italian | Martin pescatore testablu, Martin pescatore dorsoverde |
Japanese | チャバラショウビン |
Lithuanian | sulavesinis halcionas |
Norwegian | Munkeisfugl, munkeisfugl |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Munkeisfugl |
Polish | lowiec bialogardly, łowiec białogardły, krasnogłów białogardły |
Portuguese | martim-caçador-monge, guarda-rios-monge |
Russian | Сулавесская альциона, Синеголовый зимородок |
Serbian | Zelenoleđi vodomar |
Slovak | rybárikovec mníšsky |
Slovenian | samotarski gozdomec |
Spanish | Alción monje, Martín Pescador de Cabeza Azul |
Swedish | Grönryggad kungsfiskare, grönryggig kungsfiskare |
Turkish | Yeşil Sırtlı Yalıçapkını |
Ukrainian | альціон білогорлий |