Kingfishers
Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher
Ceyx erithaca
The Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca) is an 18 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Kingfishers
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Weight
- 18 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 14
Recorded in Malaysia, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Brunei, Benin.
Where to see it: Gunung Panti Recreational Forest · Panti Bird Sanctuary and North Area (Malaysia); Kaeng Krachan NP* (general area) (Thailand); Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka); Hlawga Park (Myanmar); Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore).
