Guadalcanal dwarf kingfisher

Guadalcanal dwarf kingfisher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Alcedininae
Genus: Ceyx
Species: C. nigromaxilla
Binomial name
Ceyx nigromaxilla
Rothschild & Hartert, 1905

The Guadalcanal dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx nigromaxilla), is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to Guadalcanal Island. Its natural habitat is sub-tropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly considered as a sub-species of the variable dwarf kingfisher.

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