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Malaienliest ( Actenoides concretus ), male |
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The Malaienliest ( Actenoides concretus ) is a Southeast Asian bird in the kingfishers family .
features
The Malaienliest reaches a body length of 24 cm and a weight of 70 to 90 g. The male has a green hood , a black eye mask that extends to the nape of the neck, and a large stripe of blue beard. The male's collar and underside are red-brown, the back and tail blue. The female has a green back and green wings with lighter spots. In flight, the rounded wings and the shiny, light blue fuselage can be seen.
Occurrence
There are three known subspecies:
- The nominate form A. c. concretus occurs on Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula north to the Thai province of Trang .
- A. c. peristephes lives from Trang north to Tavoy in Myanmar .
- A. c. borneanus occurs on Borneo .
The Malaienliest is an inhabitant of dense lowland forests. He usually lives below an altitude of 1000 m, at Gunung Kinabalu up to 1700 m.
behavior
The Malaienliest is a calm, shy bird. This kingfisher goes foraging alone or in pairs. From a seat guard, it hunts for prey primarily on the ground, but also in the foliage and in the water. The diet consists of large invertebrates and small vertebrates such as cicadas , longhorn beetles , fishing horrors , snails , up to 9 cm long scorpions , small fish , blind snakes and lizards . It is believed that the bird is able to remove the venomous sting from scorpions.
Reproduction
The breeding cave of the Malaienliests is in most cases dug in a sandbar, in rare cases in a rotten tree trunk. The 60 cm long tube has a diameter of 10 cm and ends in a 20 cm brood chamber. The clutch usually consists of two eggs. The nestling period lasts around 22 days.
literature
- C. Hilary Fry and Kathie Fry: Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters, & Rollers. Princeton, New Jersey 1992, 1999, ISBN 0-691-04879-7 .
Web links
- French website
- Actenoides concretus inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.