The white-rumped kingfisher or glittering kingfisher (Caridonax fulgidus) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is monotypic within the genus Caridonax.[2] It is endemic to Indonesia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.[1]
White-rumped kingfisher | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: | Caridonax Cabanis & Heine, 1860 |
Species: | C. fulgidus |
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Caridonax fulgidus (Gould, 1857) | |
It is dark blue all over, except its underside and rump, which are white. It has a red bill and feet. Its eyes are dark brown.
Tree kingfishers | |
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Lacedo |
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Dacelo |
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Clytoceyx |
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Cittura |
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Pelargopsis |
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Halcyon |
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Todiramphus |
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Caridonax |
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Melidora |
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Actenoides |
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Syma |
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Tanysiptera |
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56 to 61 living species in 12 genera |
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