Forest Kingfisher
Todiramphus macleayii(Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
English (US) Forest Kingfisher
The Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii) 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.
- Scientific name
- Todiramphus macleayii
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Forest Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Todiramphus macleayii elisabeth
- Todiramphus macleayii macleayii
- Todiramphus macleayii incinctus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Halcyon Macleayii
- Described by
- (Jardine, W; Selby, PJ, 1830)
- Type locality
- No locality, restricted to Port Essington, Northern Territory, by Berlepsch, Abhandl. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 34, 1911, p. 75.
- Original description
- Illustrations of ornithology 2 pl.101,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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