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Brown-winged Kingfisher

Pelargopsis amauroptera
Family
Kingfishers
Order
Coraciiformes
Codes
bnwkin1, BWKI
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyKingfishers (Alcedinidae)
SpeciesPelargopsis amauroptera
Codesbnwkin1, BWKI
Identification

The Brown-winged Kingfisher (Pelargopsis amauroptera) is a member of the Kingfishers family within the order Coraciiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code bnwkin1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Brown-winged Kingfisher photo
(c) Bikash Das, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bikash Das

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Pelargopsis amauroptera

Family: Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes

eBird Code: bnwkin1