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The striped kingfisher (''Halcyon chelicuti'') is a species of bird in the tree kingfisher family. It was first described by Edward, Lord Stanley, in ''Salt's Voyage to Abyssinia''〔Salt (1816)〕 in 1814 as "Chelicut kingfisher" ''Alaudo Chelicuti''.〔In the index on p432 the genus is given as ''Alcedo'', but the description on p439 is headed, presumably in error, as ''Alaudo''.〕 The genus name ''Halcyon'' comes from a bird in Greek legend generally associated with the kingfisher. There was an ancient belief that the halcyon nested on the sea, which it calmed in order to lay its eggs on a floating nest.〔Halcyon days〕 The species' name ''chelicuti'' derives from Chelicut in Ethiopia, the location at which Stanley's type specimen was obtained.〔 This is a highly territorial bird which will chase off not only others of the same species, but also shrikes, doves and rollers. The territory may be up to three hectares (7.4 acres) in size, and hold 100 tall trees. It is surveyed from a treetop by its owner, who sings from before dawn intermittently until after midday.〔 ==Range and habitat== This species occurs in sub-Saharan Africa except in dense forests (especially near the Congo River), the northeast, and the region south of northwestern Namibia and northeastern South Africa. The countries where it occurs are Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe〔〔Lack (2006).〕 It prefers woodland, thorn scrub (thornveld), dry bush, and open savanna,〔〔Zimmerman, Turner, and Pearson (1999). Statements with only this reference may refer only to Kenya.〕〔Sinclair and Hockey (2007). Statements with only this reference may refer only to southern Africa.〕 but avoids intensively farmed land.〔 There are two subspecies: ''H. c. chelicuti'' in most of the range, and ''H. c. eremogiton'' (Hartert, 1921)〔Peterson (1999)〕 in the northern desert parts of the range from central Mali to the White Nile region of eastern Sudan.〔Batchelder et al.〕 They hybridize in southern Mali.〔McCarthy (2006)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Striped kingfisher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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