Cerulean Kingfisher

Cerulean Kingfisher
Cerulean Kingfisher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Alcedo
Species: A. coerulescens
Binomial name
Alcedo coerulescens
(Vieillot, 1818)

The Cerulean Kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens) is a near passerine bird in the kingfisher (Alcedo) genus which is found in Indonesia[2]. With an overall metallic blue impression, it is very similar to the Common Kingfisher, but it is white underneath instead of orange.

This species is sometimes called the Small Blue Kingfisher but in India and some other regions, the name of Small Blue Kingfisher was used for the Alcedo atthis (Common Kingfisher).[3].

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Alcedo coerulescens. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on . Least concern as species is described as 'common' in at least parts of its range (del Hoyo et al. 2001).
  2. ^ GlobalTwitcher
  3. ^ Ali, Salim; Sidney Dillon Ripley (1986/2001). Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, 2nd ed.,10 vols (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. Bird Number 722-724, vol. 4, p. 72-78.



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