| Blue-capped kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: | Actenoides |
| Species: | A. hombroni
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| Binomial name | |
| Actenoides hombroni Bonaparte, 1850
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The blue-capped kingfisher (Actenoides hombroni), also known as Hombron's kingfisher, is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae endemic to the Philippines and found only on Mindanao. It is one of the most colorful kingfishers in the country having a dark blue (green for females) cap and wings with rufous spots, a striped rufous belly, white chin and red bill . Its natural habitats are on the upper ranges of tropical moist lowland forest and tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Actenoides hombroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683542A92989371. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683542A92989371.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.