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Papuan dwarf kingfisher

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Papuan dwarf kingfisher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Coraciiformes
Family:
Alcedinidae
Genus:
Ceyx
Species:
C. solitarius
Binomial name
Ceyx solitarius
Temminck, 1836

The Papuan dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx solitarius), is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the western Papuan islands, New Guinea, Aru Islands and the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the variable dwarf kingfisher.

References

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