Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Coraciiformes > Alcedinidae > Alcedo > Alcedo coerulescensAlcedo coerulescens (Cerulean Kingfisher)The cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens) is a near passerine bird in the kingfisher genus (Alcedo)which is found in parts of Indonesia. With an overall metallic blue impression, it is very similar to the common kingfisher, but it is white underneath instead of orange. This species is sometimes called the small blue kingfisher but in Indonesia and parts of Asia that name refers to Alcedo atthis (common kingfisher). |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 7.65246 EDGE Score: 2.15784 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore | Diet - Fish [1] | 40 % | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 60 % | Forages - Water Surface [1] | 10 % | Forages - Underwater [1] | 90 % | | Clutch Size [2] | 4 |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Sundaland |
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand |
No |
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Wallacea |
East Timor, Indonesia |
No |
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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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