Silvery kingfisher
| Silvery kingfisher | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Genus: | Alcedo |
| Species: | A. argentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alcedo argentata Tweeddale, 1877 | |
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The silvery kingfisher (Alcedo argentata) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family that is endemic to the Philippines.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
In the Philippines, it is called kasay-kasay, and figures in the legend concerning the discovery of the Catholic image of Our Lady of Caysasay.
Some taxonomists separate the bird into two species:
- Northern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx flumenicolus)
- Southern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx argentatus)
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Alcedo argentata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "Silvery Kingfisher (Alcedo argentata) (Tweeddale, 1877)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
- Collar, N.J. 2011. Species limits in some Philippine birds including the Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes lucidus. Forktail number 27: 29-38.