Ruddy Kingfisher at Berlayar Creek Boardwalk in Singapore

Ruddy Kingfisher at Berlayar Creek Boardwalk in Singapore

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I first saw the beautiful resident race of purple-ish Ruddy Kingfisher in Rainforest Discovery Center RDC in East Sabah in October 2011. It is common in the under-storey of the mangrove and Nipah palm forest around the coast of Borneo. This particular bird was feeding near the fresh water pond.

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Comparing the Ruddy Kingfisher from Sabah and Singapore

Ruddy Kingfisher taken in Sabah on the left and Ruddy Kingfisher, a winter migratory bird was taken in Singapore on at right. The Ruddy Kingfisher from Sabah were more colourful with darker rufous, bright rufescent plumage and violet-tinged upper-side.

Ruddy Kingfisher subspecies in Singapore:

Ruddy Kingfisher has two local subspecies. The migratory species is Halcyon coromanda (major) while the resident species is the minor subspecies.