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title: "Blue-eared Kingfisher"
description: "Alcedo meninting — Aves. The blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) is found in Asia, ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/blue-eared-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-eared Kingfisher

> Alcedo meninting — Aves. The blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) is found in Asia, ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Alcedo meninting*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 2170
- Wikidata: [Q32048](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q32048)
- iNaturalist taxon: [2562](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2562)

## Names

- en: Blue-eared Kingfisher
- de: Menintingeisvogel
- es: Martín Pescador Meninting
- fr: Martin-pêcheur méninting
- nl: Menintingijsvogel
- pl: Zimorodek granatowy

## Countries with the most observations

MY (924), ID (473), SG (317), IN (173), TH (84), BD (31), VN (28), PH (18), KH (5), MM (4)

## Summary

The blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) is found in Asia, ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found mainly in dense shaded forests where it hunts in small streams. It is darker crowned, with darker rufous underparts and lacking the rufous ear stripe of the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) which is found in more open habitats. A number of subspecies have been described that differ in measurement and colour shade. Adult males have an all dark bill while females have a reddish lower mandible.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-eared_kingfisher

## Photo

![Blue-eared Kingfisher](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-eared-kingfisher/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/320610402

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blue-eared-kingfisher?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).