Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)

Principe Kingfisher (Alcedo nais) - HBW 6, p. 233

French: Martin-pêcheur de Principé German: Principezwergfischer Spanish: Martín Pescador de Príncipe

Taxonomy: Alcedo Nais Kaup, 1848, Príncipe.
Has been regarded as conspecific with either A. leucogaster or A. cristata; seems closer to former in habits and habitat, but more similar to latter in certain aspects of its plumage; given complete uncertainty as to whether it is actually closer to one or the other, probably best tentatively regarded as a distinct species, though further study needed to clarify this. Monotypic

Distribution: Príncipe, in Gulf of Guinea.