| White-bellied kingfisher | |
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| Corythornis leucogaster bowdleri, Ghana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcedininae |
| Genus: | Corythornis |
| Species: | C. leucogaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Corythornis leucogaster (Fraser, 1843)
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| Synonyms | |
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Alcedo leucogaster | |
The white-bellied kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster) is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae that occurs in parts of equatorial west Africa. The first formal description of the species was by the British zoologist Louis Fraser in 1843 under the binomial name Halcyon leucogaster.[2][3]
There are three subspecies:[4]
- Corythornis leucogaster bowdleri (Neumann, 1908) – Guinea to Mali and Ghana
- Corythornis leucogaster leucogaster (Fraser, 1843) – Nigeria to north west Angola, Bioko Island
- Corythornis leucogaster leopoldi (Dubois, AJC, 1905) – east Congo to south Uganda and northwest Zambia
The white-bellied kingfisher is 13 cm (5.1 in) in length with a weight of around 14.5 g (0.51 oz). It has ultramarine upperparts and a red bill. The underparts are rufous-chestnut apart from a central white band. The sexes are alike.[5]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Corythornis leucogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683112A92976229. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683112A92976229.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 5. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 176.
- ^ Fraser, Louis (1843). "Halcyon leucogaster". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11 (120): 4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers". World Bird List Version 7.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ Fry, C. Hilary; Fry, Kathie; Harris, Alan (1992). Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, and Rollers. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-0-7136-8028-7.