Cerulean Kingfisher
Alcedo coerulescensVieillot, LJP, 1818
English (US) Cerulean Kingfisher
The Cerulean Kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens) 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: southern Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, and Kangean IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Alcedo coerulescens
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cerulean Kingfisher
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1818
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1818
- Type locality
- Timor, error = Java.)
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 19 p.401
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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