Javan blue-banded kingfisher

Alcedo euryzona

The Javan blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona) is a bird found in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia. It eats fish, insects and other small invertebrates and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name	Alcedo euryzona
Region	Asia
Found in	Indonesia

🏡 Where the Javan blue-banded kingfisher lives

Found in Indonesia.

🍽️ What it eats

🐟 Fish60%
🐛 Insects & bugs30%
🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Critically EndangeredAlmost gone from the wild.

💡 It weighs about 43 grams. It mostly eats fish and insects and other small creatures.

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Recorded by Kim Chuah Lim (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1006580. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Javan blue-banded kingfisher

Where does the Javan blue-banded kingfisher live?

The Javan blue-banded kingfisher lives in Indonesia. Found in Indonesia.

What does the Javan blue-banded kingfisher eat?

fish (about 60%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Javan blue-banded kingfisher endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.