| Southern silvery 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: | Ceyx |
| Species: | C. argentatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceyx argentatus Tweeddale, 1877
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| Synonyms | |
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Alcedo argentata | |
The southern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx argentatus) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines found in Mindanao and Basilan. This species and the northern silvery kingfisher, found in the Visayas, were formerly considered conspecific and called the silvery kingfisher.Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, streams and rivers.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.
In the Philippines, it is called kasay-kasay, and figures in the legend concerning the discovery of the Catholic image of Our Lady of Caysasay.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Ceyx argentatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22726935A110295634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22726935A110295634.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Allen, Desmond (2020). Birds of the Philippines. Barcelona: Lynx and Birdlife Guides International. pp. 208–209.