Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Moustached Kingfisher (Actenoides bougainvillei) - HBW 6, p. 189
French: Martin-chasseur à moustaches
German: Bartliest
Spanish: Alción Bigotudo
Taxonomy: Halcyon bougainvillei Rothschild, 1904, Bougainville Island.
Genus sometimes merged into Halcyon. Present species geographically separated from congeners; may provide a link between Actenoides and Tanysiptera. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bougainvillei (Rothschild, 1904) - Bougainville (N Solomons).
- excelsus (Mayr, 1941) - Guadalcanal (S Solomons).
- Vulnerable
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