Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Coraciiformes > Alcedinidae > Ceyx > Ceyx argentatusCeyx argentatus (Silvery Kingfisher)Synonyms: Alcedo argentata; Alcedo argentata argentata; Ceyx argentatus argentatus The southern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx argentatus) 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. 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. This species and the northern silvery kingfisher were formerly considered conspecific and called the silvery kingfisher. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.40179 EDGE Score: 3.24287 |
Adult Weight [1] | 22 grams |  | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore | Diet - Fish [2] | 50 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 50 % | Forages - Underwater [2] | 100 % |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary |
Philippines |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Anonang-Lobi Range |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Basilan Natural Biotic Area |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Bislig |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Liguasan marsh |
Philippines |
A1, A4iii |
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Mount Apo Natural Park |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Dapiak-Mount Paraya |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Diwata Range |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Hilong-hilong |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Kaluayan: Mount Kinabalian Complex |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Kambinlio and Mount Redondo |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Kampalili-Puting Bato |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Latian complex |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Nacolod |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Sugarloaf |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Pasonanca Natural Park |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Rajah Sikatuna Protected Landscape |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Siargao Island Protected Landscape and Seascape |
Philippines |
A1, A2 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Philippines |
Philippines |
Yes |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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