Lazuli kingfisher
| Lazuli 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. lazuli
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| Binomial name | |
| Todiramphus lazuli (Temminck, 1830)
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| Synonyms | |
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Todirhamphus lazuli (Temminck, 1830) [orth. error] | |
The lazuli kingfisher (Todiramphus lazuli) is a species of
Lapis Lazuli
.
Description
A stunning blue-and-white kingfisher with entirely blue upperparts in both sexes. Female has white throat and pale blue breast and belly, but male shows more white, with pale blue confined to belly. Juvenile resembles dull male, with buff throat, spot near bill, and speckled breast and collar.
Habitat
Its natural
habitat loss
.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Todiramphus lazuli.
Wikispecies has information related to Todiramphus lazuli.
- ^ BirdLife International (2022). "Todiramphus lazuli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T22683310A216636478. Retrieved 13 December 2022.