Flat-billed kingfisher
| Flat-billed kingfisher | |
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| illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Coraciiformes |
| Family: | Alcedinidae |
| Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
| Genus: | Todiramphus |
| Species: | T. recurvirostris
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| Binomial name | |
| Todiramphus recurvirostris Lafresnaye, 1842
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The flat-billed kingfisher (Todiramphus recurvirostris) is a species of
endemic to Samoa
.
Distribution
Flat-billed kingfishers are found on the islands of
forests above 1,200m, most likely because food items become increasingly scarce with increased elevation.[2]
Ecology
Like other
reptiles as part of their diet.[2]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Todiramphus recurvirostris.
Wikispecies has information related to Todiramphus recurvirostris.
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Wilson Orithological Society (2016). "NOTES ON THE NATURAL HISTORY, TAXONOMY, AND CONSERVATION OF THE ENDEMIC AVIFAUNA OF THE SAMOAN ARCHIPELAGO".