White-rumped kingfisher | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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. It is endemic to Indonesia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
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
- ^ 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.
- "ITIS Report: Caridonax". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Caridonax fulgidus |
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