Islet Kingfisher
Todiramphus colonus(Hartert, EJO, 1896)
English (US) Islet Kingfisher
The Islet Kingfisher (Todiramphus colonus) 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: islands off southeastern Papua New Guinea, including Louisiade Archipelago (off southeastern New Guinea)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Todiramphus colonus
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Islet Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1896)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Halcyon sordidus colonus
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1896)
- Type locality
- Egum Group, Louisiade Archipelago.
- Original description
- Novitates Zoologicae 3 p.244
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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