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'''Alternative names: Lilac Kingfisher, Lilac-marked Kingfisher, Lilac-breasted Kingfisher'''
 
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[[Image:Lilac-cheeked_Kingfisher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mehd Halaouate]]
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
  

Revision as of 06:54, 18 July 2008

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

Cittura cyanotis
Photo by obasanmi
Location: Tangkoko, Sulawesi
Photo by Mehd Halaouate
Location: Northern Sulawesi

Identification

Distribution

Indonesia: Sulawesi and the neighbouring Sangihe and Talaud Islands.

Taxonomy

Cittura cyanotis has two subspecies1:

  • C. c. cyanotis
  • Sulawesi
  • C. c. sanghirensis
  • Sangihe and Talaud

Habitat

Forest.

Status

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

Behaviour

References

  1. BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: Cittura cyanotis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 18/7/2008.

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