Blue-capped Kingfisher
Actenoides hombroniBonaparte, CLJL, 1850
English (US) Blue-capped Kingfisher
The Blue-capped Kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers) in the order Coraciiformes.
Range: forest of Mindanao (southern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Actenoides hombroni
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-capped Kingfisher
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850
- Type locality
- Oceania, error = Philippine Islands.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.157
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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