Wave reads

Wave reads
	Wellenliest ( Lacedo pulchella ), male
Systematics
Order :	Rockers (Coraciiformes)
Family :	Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Subfamily :	Lieste (Halcyoninae)
Genre :	Lacedo
Type :	Wave reads
Scientific name
	Lacedo pulchella
	( Horsfield , 1821)

Wellenreads in the national park Kaeng Krachan , Phetchaburi , Thailand , males with food

The wave Reads ( Lacedo pulchella ) is occurring in Southeast Asia bird from the family of kingfishers .

features

Adult wavy strips reach a length of approx. 20 centimeters. The weight of the males varies between 40.8 and 48.5 grams. Females weigh between 46.5 and 54.3 grams. There is a clear sexual dimorphism between the sexes . In the males, the skull is bright blue and interspersed with very narrow black and white stripes. The feathers of the crown are sometimes set up. The forehead, collar and cheeks are colored cinnamon red, the throat is white. The chest and flanks are light pink in color. The belly is whitish. The wings, the back and the control feathers are striped blue and black. The females show similar drawing patterns as the males, but they differ considerably in color. Head, back, wings and control feathers are striped red-brown and black. The chest and belly are white and interspersed with fine, wavy stripes. The beak is red in both sexes, the iris is yellow-brown, legs and feet are pale reddish brown.

distribution and habitat

The distribution area of the wave reading includes parts of Myanmar , Vietnam , Thailand and Indonesia . It prefers to colonize rain and bamboo forests , and sometimes swamp areas. The height distribution extends up to 1100 meters.

Subspecies

In addition to the in southern Thailand, on Java and Sumatra and the Natuna Islands occurring nominate Lacedo pulchella pulchella another is subspecies known:

Lacedo pulchella amabilis ( Hume , 1873), in southern Myanmar, central and eastern Vietnam, and southern Thailand and Indochina.

Way of life

The birds feed primarily on different types of insects, as well as double-pods (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda) and lobsters (Oniscidea). Occasionally small fish, crustaceans and lizards are also caught. Nests are dug in termite mounds on trees or in rotting trees at heights of about three meters . The clutch consists of two to five eggs. Further details on breeding behavior have yet to be researched.

Danger

The wave reading is not uncommon in its areas of distribution. It is therefore classified by the World Conservation Organization IUCN as “ least concern = not endangered”.

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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 , p. 198.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Woodall, PF & Kirwan, GM (2016). Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, DA & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/55738 on August 26, 2016)
^ IUCN Red List

Web links

Commons : Wellenliest - collection of images, videos and audio files

flickr.com/photos - photos

[Woodall-1] Woodall, PF & Kirwan, GM (2016). Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, DA & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/55738 on August 26, 2016)

[2] IUCN Red List