| Hook-billed 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: | Melidora Lesson, 1830 |
| Species: | M. macrorrhina
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| Binomial name | |
| Melidora macrorrhina (Lesson, 1827)
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The hook-billed kingfisher (Melidora macrorrhina) is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Halcyoninae that is resident in the lowland forested areas of New Guinea and some of the nearby islands. It is the only member of the genus Melidora.
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Melidora macrorrhina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683516A92988700. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683516A92988700.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.