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Papuan dwarf kingfisher

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Alcedinidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Coraciiformes

Subfamily
  
Alcedininae

Papuan dwarf kingfisher

The Papuan dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx solitarius), is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the western Papuan islands, New Guinea, Aru Islands and the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the variable dwarf kingfisher.

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Papuan dwarf kingfisher Wikipedia