Mariana kingfisher
Mariana kingfisher | |
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: | Todiramphus |
Species: | T. albicilla |
Binomial name | |
Todiramphus albicilla Dumont, 1823 | |
The Mariana kingfisher (Todiramphus albicilla) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the Mariana 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. a. owstoni (Rothschild, 1904) – northern Mariana Islands
- T. a. albicilla (Dumont, 1823) – southern Mariana Islands
- T. a. orii (Taka-Tsukasa & Momiyama, 1931) – Rota
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