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Actenoides concretus
SUBFAMILY
Halcyoninae
TAXONOMY
Dacelo concreta Temminck, 1825, Sumatra. Three subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
English: Chestnut-collared kingfisher; French: Martin-chasseur trapu; German: Malaienliest; Spanish: Alciуn Malayo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
9–9.5 in (23–24 cm), 2.1–3.2 oz (60–90 g). Dumpy, mediumsized kingfisher, with green crown, blue (male), or buff-spotted green (female) back, rufous below and on collar. Bill black above and yellow below.
DISTRIBUTION
Sunda region of Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra.
HABITAT
Dense lowland rainforest, even secondary forest in which canopy regenerated, up to 5,600 ft (1,700 m) above sea level.
BEHAVIOR
Calls with loud, long whistle that rises in tone. Perches mainly in middle and lower levels of dense forest, often with slow head bobbing and tail pumping.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Drops from low perch to snatch prey at water surface or pick up from the ground, sometimes turning over leaves in its search. Feeds on various arthropods, including insects and large scorpions, also snails, fish, small snakes and lizards.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Monogamous pair excavates nest burrow in earth bank, rarely in rotten tree trunk, ending in 8 in (20 cm) diameter nest chamber. Lay two eggs that are incubated for about 22 days.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Considered Near Threatened due to extensive removal of lowland forest, but survives in hill forest and in conserved tracts.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known, though most widespread species in genus of six species spread across Southeast Asia.

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