| Crested kingfisher | |
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| Male (top) and female (bottom) M. lugubris subsp. pallida at Asahikawa city in Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
| Genus: | Megaceryle |
| Species: | M. lugubris
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| Binomial name | |
| Megaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834)
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| approximate distribution | |
The crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) is a very large kingfisher that is native to parts of southern Asia, stretching eastwards from the Indian Subcontinent towards Japan. It forms a species complex with the other three Megaceryle species.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Megaceryle lugubris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683620A92992024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683620A92992024.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Woodall, P.F. (2017). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.crekin1.01. S2CID 226015686. Retrieved 2 June 2017.