Diet: carnivore based on Mohd-Azlan et al. 2019; insectivore-piscivore based on Styring et al. 2011

Abundance: 0.37 to 13.33% (median 1.66%)

Latitudinal range: -2.2° to 5.2°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (9), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

Found in 10 samples

Indonesia: Larut Matang District (oil palm plantation), Tuanan

Malaysia: Pasoh Forest Reserve (virgin forest), Kuala Keniam, Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (recently logged forest), Berkelah Hill Dipterocarp Rainforest Reserve Maran (thirty year old logged forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (forest), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (edge), PPB Oil Palms Berhad (oil palm plantation), Kuap Village

See also Alcedo, Alcedo argentata, Alcedo atthis, Alcedo azurea, Alcedo cristata, Alcedo cyanopectus, Alcedo euryzona, Alcedo leucogaster, Alcedo pusilla, Alcedo quadribrachys, Alcedo vintsioides