Blue-and-white kingfisher

Species of bird

Blue-and-white kingfisher

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Coraciiformes
Family:  | Alcedinidae
Subfamily:  | Halcyoninae
Genus:  | Todiramphus
Species:  |

T. diops

Binomial name
Todiramphus diops

(Temminck, 1824)

The blue-and-white kingfisher (Todiramphus diops) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to North Maluku in Indonesia. It can be found on the islands of Morotai, Ngelengele, Halmahera, Damar, Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Bacan, Obi and Obilatu.[2]

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Todiramphus diops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683304A92983541. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683304A92983541.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. ^ Coates, Brian J.; K. David Bishop (1997). A Guide to the Birds of Wallacea: Sulawesi, The Moluccas and the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Alderley, Queensland: Dove Publications. p. 377.

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Tree kingfishers

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Order: Coraciiformes
* Family: Alcedinidae
* Subfamily: Halcyoninae

Lacedo|

* Banded kingfisher (L. pulchella)

Dacelo|

* Laughing kookaburra (D. novaeguineae)
* Blue-winged kookaburra (D. leachii)
* Spangled kookaburra (D. tyro)
* Rufous-bellied kookaburra (D. gaudichaud)

Clytoceyx|

* Shovel-billed kookaburra (C. rex)

Cittura|

* Lilac kingfisher (C. cyanotis)

Pelargopsis|

* Brown-winged kingfisher (P. amauroptera)
* Stork-billed kingfisher (P. capensis)
* Great-billed kingfisher (P. melanorhyncha)

Halcyon|

* Ruddy kingfisher (H. coromanda)
* Chocolate-backed kingfisher (H. badia)
* White-throated kingfisher (H. smyrnensis)
* Grey-headed kingfisher (H. leucocephala)
* Black-capped kingfisher (H. pileata)
* Javan kingfisher (H. cyanoventris)
* Woodland kingfisher (H. senegalensis)
* Mangrove kingfisher (H. senegaloides)
* Blue-breasted kingfisher (H. malimbica)
* Brown-hooded kingfisher (H. albiventris)
* Striped kingfisher (H. chelicuti)

Todiramphus|

* Blue-black kingfisher (T. nigrocyaneus)
* Winchell's kingfisher (T. winchelli)
* Blue-and-white kingfisher (T. diops)
* Lazuli kingfisher (T. lazuli)
* Forest kingfisher (T. macleayii)
* White-mantled kingfisher (T. albonotatus)
* Ultramarine kingfisher (T. leucopygius)
* Vanuatu kingfisher (T. farquhari)
* Red-backed kingfisher (T. pyrrhopygia)
* Flat-billed kingfisher (T. recurvirostris)
* Guam kingfisher (T. cinnamominus)
* Pohnpei kingfisher (T. reichenbachii)
* Rusty-capped kingfisher (T. pelewensis)
* Collared kingfisher (T. chloris)
* Pacific kingfisher (T. sacer)
* Melanesian kingfisher (T. tristrami)
* Islet kingfisher (T. colonus)
* Mariana kingfisher (T. albicilla)
* Torresian kingfisher (T. sordidus)
* Sombre kingfisher (T. funebris)
* Talaud kingfisher (T. enigma)
* Beach kingfisher (T. saurophaga)
* Cinnamon-banded kingfisher (T. australasia)
* Sacred kingfisher (T. sanctus)
* Society kingfisher (T. veneratus)
* Mewing kingfisher (T. ruficollaris)
* Chattering kingfisher (T. tuta)
* Marquesan kingfisher (T. godeffroyi)
* Mangareva kingfisher (T. gambieri)
* Niau kingfisher (T. gertrudae)

Caridonax|

* White-rumped kingfisher (C. fulgidus)

Melidora|

* Hook-billed kingfisher (M. macrorrhina)

Actenoides|

* Moustached kingfisher (A. bougainvillei)
* Rufous-collared kingfisher (A. concretus)
* Spotted wood kingfisher (A. lindsayi)
* Hombron's kingfisher (A. hombroni)
* Green-backed kingfisher (A. monachus)
* Scaly-breasted kingfisher (A. princeps)

Syma|

* Yellow-billed kingfisher (S. torotoro)
* Mountain kingfisher (S. megarhyncha)

Tanysiptera|

* Little paradise kingfisher (T. hydrocharis)
* Common paradise kingfisher (T. galatea)
* Kofiau paradise kingfisher (T. ellioti)
* Biak paradise kingfisher (T. riedelii)
* Numfor paradise kingfisher (T. carolinae)
* Red-breasted paradise kingfisher (T. nympha)
* Brown-headed paradise kingfisher (T. danae)
* Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher (T. sylvia)
* Black-capped paradise kingfisher (T. nigriceps)

56 to 61 living species in 12 genera

Taxon identifiers

Todiramphus diops|

* Wikidata: Q1263647
* Wikispecies: Todiramphus diops
* ADW: Todiramphus_diops
* Avibase: 06CB752D46B099DB
* BirdLife: 22683304
* BOW: bawkin1
* CoL: 7CG6J
* eBird: bawkin1
* GBIF: 2475692
* iNaturalist: 2491
* IRMNG: 10542572
* ITIS: 692693
* IUCN: 22683304
* NCBI: 2231575
* Open Tree of Life: 3596384
* Xeno-canto: Todiramphus-diops

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