Actenoides lindsayi
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%
The spotted wood kingfisher or spotted kingfisher (Actenoides lindsayi) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found on the islands of Luzon, Catanduanes, Marinduque, Negros and Panay where its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests.
The spotted wood kingfisher is a colourful bird that can readily be distinguished from other kingfishers in the Philippines. It is about 26 cm (10 in) long with spotting above and scalloping beneath. The male has a dark green crown with black spots and a light green stripe above a pale blue supercilium with a black band beneath. A blue moustache is bordered above and below by an orange-brown band and collar. The upper parts are dark green, each feather being tipped with buff giving a spotted effect. The rump is bright green and the tail dark green with brown bars on the outer feathers. The throat is orange-brown and the underparts are mainly white, the breast feathers having green margins. The under-wing coverts are buff. The upper mandible of the bill is black and the lower mandible yellow, the iris is brown and the legs pale green.The female is similar in appearance but... Wikipedia →
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| 1 | Manila | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Kingfisher sighting in Manila on a given day, based on 105 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 95th most-seen of the 191 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August and November–December
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Spotted Kingfisher in Manila on a given day, against under 5% in January–July and September–October, the lowest months. Those are among Manila's wettest months, with about 340 mm of rain a month against 100 mm in April.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Spotted Kingfisher sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Manila, in our data
Manila is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Spotted Kingfisher sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Alcedinidae
The closest relatives of the Spotted Kingfisher that you can see in Manila (family Alcedinidae, Kingfishers) are Collared Kingfisher (about 70%) and Common Kingfisher (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Spotted Kingfisher is recorded against all the birds logged in Manila (105 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
