White-rumped kingfisher

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White-rumped kingfisher
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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]

Description

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.

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References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Caridonax fulgidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22683512A92988527. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683512A92988527.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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