Makira dwarf kingfisher

Makira dwarf kingfisher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Ceyx
Species: C. gentianus
Binomial name
Ceyx gentianus
Tristram, 1879

The Makira dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx gentianus), is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to Makira Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the variable dwarf kingfisher.

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