Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla) - HBW 6, p. 238
French: Martin-pêcheur poucet
German: Mangrovefischer
Spanish: Martín Pescador Menudo
Other common names: Mangrove Kingfisher(!); Ramsay Kingfisher (ramsayi)
Taxonomy: Ceyx pusilla Temminck, 1836, Lobo, Triton Bay, New Guinea.
Sometimes placed in genus Ceyx or in Alcyone. Possibly closely related to A. coerulescens. Nine subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- halmaherae (Salomonsen, 1934) - Halmahera, Bacan and Obi (N Moluccas).
- pusilla (Temminck, 1836) - W Papuan Is, Kai Is and Aru Is through S New Guinea to D’Entrecasteaux Is (Goodenough, Fergusson), and S to islands in Torres Strait, and NE Cape York Peninsula.
- laetior (Rand, 1941) - N New Guinea, from Geelvink Bay E to Astrolabe Bay.
- halmaherae (Salomonsen, 1934) - Halmahera, Bacan and Obi (N Moluccas).
- pusilla (Temminck, 1836) - W Papuan Is, Kai Is and Aru Is through S New Guinea to D’Entrecasteaux Is (Goodenough, Fergusson), and S to islands in Torres Strait, and NE Cape York Peninsula.
- laetior (Rand, 1941) - N New Guinea, from Geelvink Bay E to Astrolabe Bay.
- masauji (Mathews, 1927) - Bismarck Archipelago, on New Hanover, New Ireland, Tabar Is, Umboi and New Britain.
- bougainvillei (Ogilvie-Grant, 1914) - Solomon Is, from Buka and Bougainville E to Choiseul, Santa Isabel and Florida Is.
- richardsi (Tristram, 1882) - New Georgia Group (WC Solomons).
- aolae (Ogilvie-Grant, 1914) - Guadalcanal (E Solomons).
- ramsayi (North, 1912) - N Australia, from Melville I and R Victoria E to W Cape York Peninsula.
- halli (Mathews, 1912) - NE Queensland, from R Endeavour S to Keppel Bay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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On limb near river's edge Locality Daintree river, Queensland, Australia
steve dillinger 10 December 2007 3 years ago 16 sec 4
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A bird perched along the Daintree River.
Locality Daintree river, Queensland, Australia (ssp halli)
Ken Havard 26 April 2005 2 years ago 3 -
Bird perched on mangrove roots beside tidal creek
Locality Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp ramsayi)
Mat Gilfedder 31 October 2004 3 years ago 2.8
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