Blue-banded kingfisher
| Blue-banded kingfisher | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Genus: | Alcedo |
| Species: | A. euryzona |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcedo euryzona Temminck, 1830 | |
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The blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona), also called the Javan blue-banded kingfisher, is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family that is endemic to the island of Java in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Malay blue-banded kingfisher was recently differentiated from this species.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2014). "Alcedo euryzona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- ↑ "Blue-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona) Temminck, 1830". Biolib.cz. Retrieved December 22, 2012.