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[[Image:Lilac-Cheek_King.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|KCTsang|KCTsang}} <br />Tangkoko, [[Sulawesi]], August 2009]]
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[[Image:Lilac-Cheek_King.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Female. Photo by {{user|KCTsang|KCTsang}} <br />[[Tangkoko]], [[Sulawesi]], August 2009]]
'''Alternative names: Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher, Lilac-marked Kingfisher, Lilac-breasted Kingfisher'''
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'''Alternative names: Lilac Kingfisher, Lilac-marked Kingfisher, Lilac-breasted Kingfisher'''
 
;[[:Category:Cittura|Cittura]] cyanotis
 
;[[:Category:Cittura|Cittura]] cyanotis
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Indonesia]]: [[Sulawesi]] and the neighbouring Sangihe and Talaud Islands.
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endemic to [[Sulawesi]] including Lembeh Island. South East Asia: [[Indonesia]]: [[Greater Sundas]].
[[Image:Lilac_Kingfisher_obasanmi_Tangkoko%2CSulawesi.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}}<br />Tangkoko, [[Sulawesi]], October 2005]]
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[[Image:Lilac_Kingfisher_obasanmi_Tangkoko%2CSulawesi.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male. Photo by {{user|obasanmi|obasanmi}}<br />[[Tangkoko]], [[Sulawesi]], October 2005]]
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
''Cittura cyanotis'' has two subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>:
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
*''C. c. cyanotis''
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:*Sulawesi
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Formerly this species and [[Sangihe Lilac Kingfisher]] were considered one species under the name of Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher.
*''C. c. sanghirensis''
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:*Sangihe and Talaud
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Forest.
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A variety of Forest up to 1000 m [[Dictionary_A-C#A|asl]].
 
==Status==
 
==Status==
 
Classified as '''Near-Threatened''' in the 2008 IUCN Red List<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
 
Classified as '''Near-Threatened''' in the 2008 IUCN Red List<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==References==
 
==References==
# BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: ''Cittura cyanotis''. Downloaded from [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1096&m=0 http://www.birdlife.org] on 18/7/2008.  
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V12.2}}# BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: ''Cittura cyanotis''. Downloaded from [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=1096&m=0 http://www.birdlife.org] on 18/7/2008.  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Cittura+cyanotis}}
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{{GSearch|"Cittura cyanotis" {{!}} "Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher" {{!}} Lilac+Kingfisher -Sang*}}
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=387&Bird_Image_ID=3949&Bird_Family_ID=77 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cittura]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Cittura]]

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Female. Photo by KCTsang
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, August 2009

Alternative names: Lilac Kingfisher, Lilac-marked Kingfisher, Lilac-breasted Kingfisher

Cittura cyanotis

Identification

Distribution

endemic to Sulawesi including Lembeh Island. South East Asia: Indonesia: Greater Sundas.

Male. Photo by obasanmi
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, October 2005

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Formerly this species and Sangihe Lilac Kingfisher were considered one species under the name of Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher.

Habitat

A variety of Forest up to 1000 m asl.

Status

Classified as Near-Threatened in the 2008 IUCN Red List1.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2) DRAFT. Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  3. BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: Cittura cyanotis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/7/2008.

External Links

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