• Old latin name for bird Halcyon tristrami

Melanesian Kingfisherbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Niels Krabbe
    Solomon Islands
  • 2.
    Song, © Iain Woxvold
    Papua New Guinea
  • 3.
    Song, © Marc Anderson
    Solomon Islands
  • 4.
    Call, © Phil Gregory
    Papua New Guinea
  • 5.
    Song, © Niels Krabbe
    Solomon Islands
  • 6.
    Call, © Ethan Linck
    Solomon Islands
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    Call, © Ethan Linck
    Solomon Islands
  • 8.
    Song, © Niels Krabbe
    Solomon Islands
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Melanesian Kingfisher

  • Breeding region Australasia
  • Breeding subregion Bismarck Arch. and nw, c Solomon Is.

Melanesian Kingfisher subspecies (7)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Todiramphus tristrami albertiBuka se to Florida Is. and Guadalcanal (nw to sc Solomon Is.)-No
Todiramphus tristrami bennettiNissan (nw of Bougainville)-No
Todiramphus tristrami matthiaeMussau and Emirau (to se of Mussau; St. Matthias Is., wc Bismarck Arch.)-No
Todiramphus tristrami novaehiberniaesw New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.)-No
Todiramphus tristrami nusaeLavongai (=New Hanover), New Ireland (except sw) and satellites (ne Bismarck Arch.)-No
Todiramphus tristrami stresemanniislands between New Guinea and New Britain (sc Bismarck Arch.)-No
Todiramphus tristrami tristramiNew Britain, Lolobau and Watom (n of e New Britain; se Bismarck Arch.)-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
Chinese美岛翡翠
Chinese (Traditional)美拉尼西亞翡翠
Czechledňáček melanéský
DanishNew Britain-isfugl
DutchTodiramphus tristrami, Melanesische IJsvogel
FrenchMartin-chasseur de Tristram
GermanMelanesienliest
Japaneseメラネシアショウビン
Norwegianmelanesiaisfugl
Norwegian NynorskMelanesiaisfugl
Polishłowczyk atolowy
Portugueseguarda-rios-melanésio, martim-caçador-melanésio
RussianМеланизийская альциона
SerbianMelanezijski vodomar
Slovakrybárikovec melanézsky
Sloveniankoralni gozdomec
SpanishAlción de Melanesia, Alción Acollarado (Grupo NE Melanesia)
Swedishmelanesisk kungsfiskare, stillahavskungsfiskare
TurkishMelanezya Yalıçapkını
Ukrainianальціон меланезійський