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Melanesian kingfisher

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Alcedinidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Aves

Subfamily
  
Halcyoninae

Genus
  
Todiramphus

Order
  
Coraciiformes

Similar
  
Pacific kingfisher, Torresian kingfisher, Pohnpei kingfisher, Todiramphus, Ultramarine kingfisher

The Melanesian kingfisher (Todiramphus tristrami) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago and the northwest and central Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the collared kingfisher.

Subspecies

  • T. t. nusae (Heinroth, 1902) - New Hanover Island, New Ireland (except southwest), and Feni Islands
  • T. t. matthiae (Heinroth, 1902) - St Matthias Islands (Bismarck Arch.)
  • T. t. stresemanni (Laubmann, 1923) - islands between New Guinea and New Britain
  • T. t. novaehiberniae (Hartert, 1925) - southwest New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.)
  • T. t. bennetti (Ripley, 1947) Nissan Island (Bismarck Arch.)
  • T. t. tristrami (Layard, EL, 1880) - New Britain (Bismarck Arch.)
  • T. t. alberti (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905) Buku southeast to Guadalcanal (northwest and central Solomon Is.)

    • References

    Melanesian kingfisher Wikipedia
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