Biology:Mariana kingfisher
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Short description: Species of bird
| Mariana kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: | Todiramphus |
| Species: | T. albicilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Todiramphus albicilla (Dumont, 1823)
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The Mariana kingfisher (Todiramphus albicilla) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the Northern Mariana Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the collared kingfisher.
Subspecies
- T. a. owstoni (Rothschild, 1904) – northern Mariana Islands
- T. a. albicilla (Dumont, 1823) – southern Mariana Islands
- T. a. orii (Taka-Tsukasa & Momiyama, 1931) – Rota
References
- Andersen, M.J.; Shult, H.T.; Cibois, A.; Thibault, J.C.; Filardi, C.E.; Moyle, R.G. (2015). "Rapid diversification and secondary sympatry in Australo-Pacific kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae: Todiramphus)". Royal Society Open Science 2 (140375). doi:10.1098/rsos.140375.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q22285682 entry
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