Mountain kingfisher

Mountain kingfisher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Syma
Species: S. megarhyncha
Binomial name
Syma megarhyncha
Salvadori, 1896

The mountain kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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