| Hook-billed Kingfisher | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Genus: | Melidora Lesson, 1830 |
| Species: | M. macrorrhina |
| Binomial name | |
| Melidora macrorrhina (Lesson, 1827) |
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The Hook-billed Kingfisher (Melidora macrorrhina) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is the only species within the genus Melidora. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
