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Mariana kingfisher

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Species of bird

Mariana kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 Northern 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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Tree kingfishers
Lacedo
Dacelo
Clytoceyx
Cittura
Pelargopsis
Halcyon
Todiramphus
Caridonax
Melidora
Actenoides
Syma
Tanysiptera
56 to 61 living species in 12 genera
Taxon identifiers
Todiramphus albicilla
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