| Cerulean kingfisher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcedininae |
| Genus: | Alcedo |
| Species: | A. coerulescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Alcedo coerulescens Vieillot, 1818
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The cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens) is a kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae which is native to parts of Indonesia. With an overall metallic blue impression, it is very similar to the common kingfisher, but it is white underneath instead of orange. Males average bluer than females, which have a greenish cast.
This species is sometimes called the small blue kingfisher but in Indonesia and parts of Asia that name refers to Alcedo atthis (common kingfisher).[2]
- ^ BirdLife International. (2016). "Alcedo coerulescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683117A92976544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683117A92976544.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Ali, S.; Ripley, S.D. (2001) [1986]. "Bird Number 722-724". Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan. Vol. 4 (Second ed.). New Delhi: Oxford University Press. pp. 72–78.