Northern silvery kingfisher

Northern silvery kingfisher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Alcedininae
Genus: Ceyx
Species: C. flumenicola
Binomial name
Ceyx flumenicola
Steere, 1890
Synonyms

Alcedo argentatus flumencola

The northern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx flumenicola) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

This species and the southern silvery kingfisher were formerly considered conspecific and called the silvery kingfisher.

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