Crested kingfisher
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The crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) is a very large kingfisher that is native to parts of southern Asia, stretching eastwards from the Indian Subcontinent towards Japan. It forms a species complex with the other three Megaceryle species.[2]
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Crested kingfisher | |
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Male (top) and female (bottom) M. lugubris subsp. pallida at Asahikawa city in Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Cerylinae |
Genus: | Megaceryle |
Species: | M. lugubris |
Binomial name | |
Megaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834) | |
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