Stork-billed Kingfisher
Pelargopsis capensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCoraciiformes (Rollers, Kingfishers, and Allies)
- FamilyAlcedinidae (Kingfishers)
- GenusPelargopsis (Large-billed Kingfishers)
- SpeciesPelargopsis capensis (Stork-billed Kingfisher)
Closest Relatives at Kinabalu Park
Rufous-collared Kingfisher
Actenoides concretus
Banded Kingfisher
Lacedo pulchella
Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Ceyx erithaca
Collared Kingfisher
Todiramphus chloris
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Alcedo meninting
Blue-banded Kingfisher
Alcedo euryzona
Red-bearded Bee-eater
Nyctyornis amictus
Blue-throated Bee-eater
Merops viridis
Dollarbird
Eurystomus orientalis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Stork-billed Kingfisher at Kinabalu Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there