Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) | Details

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	69,300,000 km²	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	4.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, though in Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 100-200 pairs, which equates to 200-400 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015), with Europe forming <5% of the global range. National population sizes have been estimated at possibly c.10,000-100,000 breeding pairs in China and < c.100 breeding pairs in Taiwan (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The overall population trend is unclear. Numbers have increased with the introduction of fish-stocking and fish-farming in several areas however decreases in populations have been reported from parts of Syria, Israel, Egypt and Zimbabwe. The species has been impacted by the use of poisons to kill fish and Red-billed Queleas (Quelea quelea) (Woodall 2016). The European population is estimated to be decreasing by at least 10% in 13.2 years (three generations) (BirdLife International 2015).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes
Angola	extant	native	yes
Bahrain	extant	native			yes
Bangladesh	extant	native		yes
Benin	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native		yes
Botswana	extant	native	yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native		yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native	yes
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
Congo	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Cyprus	extant	native		yes
Djibouti	extant	native	yes
Egypt	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
France	extant	vagrant			yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Greece	extant	vagrant			yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native		yes
India	extant	native		yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native	yes
Iraq	extant	native	yes
Israel	extant	native		yes
Jordan	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Kuwait	extant	native			yes
Laos	extant	native		yes
Lebanon	extant	native	yes
Lesotho	extant	native	yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Macao (China)	extant	native
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mali	extant	native	yes
Mauritania	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Myanmar	extant	native		yes
Namibia	extant	native	yes
Nepal	extant	native		yes
Niger	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Oman	extant	vagrant			yes
Pakistan	extant	native		yes
Palestine	extant	native	yes
Poland	extant	vagrant			yes
Qatar	extant	native			yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
São Tomé e Príncipe	extant	vagrant			yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native			yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native
Syria	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native		yes
Togo	extant	native	yes
Türkiye	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Ukraine	extant	vagrant			yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native			yes
Vietnam	extant	native		yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Türkiye	Cizre and Silopi
Türkiye	Dicle Valley
Türkiye	Karkamış
Türkiye	Southern Euphrates Valley and Birecik Plains

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Excavations (open)	suitable	resident
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels)	suitable	resident
Artificial/Aquatic & Marine	Artificial/Aquatic - Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level	suitable	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded	suitable	resident
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes	suitable	resident
Marine Coastal/Supratidal	Coastal Freshwater Lakes	suitable	resident
Marine Intertidal	Rocky Shoreline	suitable	resident
Marine Intertidal	Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc	suitable	resident
Marine Intertidal	Tidepools	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Estuaries	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Macroalgal/Kelp	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Seagrass (Submerged)	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy	suitable	resident
Marine Neritic	Subtidal Sandy-Mud	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	major	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Seasonal/Intermittent/Irregular Rivers/Streams/Creeks	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	subsistence, national

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/pied-kingfisher-ceryle-rudis on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.