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Prinzenliest ( Actenoides princeps ), female |
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The Prinzenliest ( Actenoides princeps ), sometimes referred to as the Königsliest , is a bird from the kingfisher family that is endemic to Sulawesi .
description
Appearance
Adult Prinzenlieste reach a length of approx. 24 to 25 centimeters. The weight of a female was given as 105 grams. There is weak sexual dimorphism between the sexes . The head of the males is blue-black. The throat and collar are cream in color. The chest and belly are light and show only a few dark feathers. All of the rest of the plumage is brownish in color, sometimes slightly lightened at the tips of the feathers. The females show similar drawing patterns as the males. They differ in a yellowish stripe over the eyes and a yellowish beard stripe . The upper and lower beak is yellowish in color in both sexes. The iris is black-brown. Legs and feet are yellow-brown.
Vocalizations
The utterances of the Prinzenliest can usually be heard before dawn as a series of melancholy whistling tones, initially rising and then falling, the sequence of which is sometimes repeated.
distribution and habitat
The Prinzenliest occurs on Sulawesi. It prefers to live in dense undergrowth in the hill and mountain forest, especially at heights between 900 and 2000 meters, occasionally at 250 meters.
Subspecies
In addition to the nominate form Actenoides princeps princeps , which occurs in the northeast of Sulawesi, another subspecies is known:
- Actenoides princeps erythrorhamphus ( Stresemann , 1931), in the northwest, the center and the southwest Sulawesis
Way of life
The birds feed primarily on beetles , cicadas and small lizards . Little data is available due to their hidden way of life. Nests are created in earth walls behind tunnels. A clutch of four eggs was found. Further details on breeding behavior have yet to be researched.
Danger
The Prinzenliest is rarely observed in its areas of distribution because of its shy way of life. It is classified as 
“ near threatened ” by the World Conservation Organization IUCN .
literature
- Josep del Hoyo , Andrew Elliott, Jordi Sargatal: Handbook of the Birds of the World, Mousebirds to Hornbills. Volume 6, Lynx Edicions, 2001, ISBN 978-84-87334-30-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c PF Woodall, GM Kirwan: Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (Actenoides princeps). In: J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, DA Christie, E. de Juana (Eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2016. ( accessed August 24, 2016 from hbw.com )
- ^ IOC World Bird List Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers
- ^ IUCN Red List
Web links
- Prinzenliest (Actenoides princeps) in the Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved August 11, 2017.