Glittering kingfisher
| Glittering kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 glittering kingfisher or white-rumped 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.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b BirdLife International (2012). "Caridonax fulgidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Caridonax". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Halcyoninae
- Birds of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Flores Island (Indonesia)
- Birds described in 1857
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