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Society kingfisher

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Society kingfisher
illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Todiramphus
Species:
T. veneratus
Binomial name
Todiramphus veneratus
(Gmelin, 1788)
Subspecies[2]
  • T. v. veneratus - (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
  • T. v. youngi - Sharpe, 1892

The Society kingfisher or Tahiti kingfisher (Todiramphus veneratus) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Todiramphus veneratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22726919A94935775. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22726919A94935775.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.