Mewing Kingfisher
Todiramphus ruficollaris(Holyoak, DT, 1974)
English (US) Mewing Kingfisher
The Mewing Kingfisher (Todiramphus ruficollaris) 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: mangroves of Mangaia Island (southern Cook Islands)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Todiramphus ruficollaris
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mewing Kingfisher
- Described by
- (Holyoak, DT, 1974)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Halcyon ruficollaris
- Described by
- (Holyoak, DT, 1974)
- Type locality
- Mangaia, Cook Islands
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 94 p.147
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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