Southern Silvery Kingfisher
Ceyx argentatusTweeddale, A, 1877
English (US) Southern Silvery Kingfisher
The Southern Silvery Kingfisher (Ceyx argentatus) 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 Philippines (Basilan, Dinagat, and Mindanao)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Ceyx argentatus
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Southern Silvery Kingfisher
- Described by
- Tweeddale, A, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ceyx argentata
- Described by
- Tweeddale, A, 1877
- Type locality
- Dinagat, Philippine Islands.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.20, no.120 p.533
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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