White-rumped kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: |
Caridonax Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Species: | C. fulgidus
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Binomial name | |
Caridonax fulgidus (
Gould, 1857)
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The white-rumped kingfisher or glittering kingfisher (Caridonax fulgidus) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is monotypic within the genus Caridonax. [2] It is endemic to Indonesia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. [1]
It is dark blue all over, except its underside and rump, which are white. It has a red bill and feet. Its eyes are dark brown.
White-rumped kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: |
Caridonax Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Species: | C. fulgidus
|
Binomial name | |
Caridonax fulgidus (
Gould, 1857)
|
The white-rumped kingfisher or glittering kingfisher (Caridonax fulgidus) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is monotypic within the genus Caridonax. [2] It is endemic to Indonesia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. [1]
It is dark blue all over, except its underside and rump, which are white. It has a red bill and feet. Its eyes are dark brown.