Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher

Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher
At Mantadia National Park, Madagascar
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Ceyx
Species: C. madagascariensis
Binomial name
Ceyx madagascariensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Corythornis madagascariensis

The Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar and found in western dry deciduous forests.

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