Great-billed kingfisher

Great-billed kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Pelargopsis
Species:
P. melanorhyncha
Binomial name
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha
(Temminck, 1826)
Subspecies[2]
  • P. m. melanorhyncha - (Temminck, 1826)
  • P. m. dichrorhyncha - Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896
  • P. m. eutreptorhyncha - Hartert, 1898

The great-billed kingfisher or black-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae. It is endemic to the Sulawesi region of Indonesia. It can be found on the island of Sulawesi and in the Sula Archipelago.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Pelargopsis melanorhyncha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683230A92979357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683230A92979357.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.2). doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.10.2.