- Art Gallery -

Ceyx lepidus

Solomon Islands Nov/Dec 2006

Ceyx lepidus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Coraciiformes
Familia: Alcedinidae
Subfamilia: Alcedininae
Genus: Ceyx
Species: Ceyx lepidus
Subspecies: C. l. cajeli - C. l. collectoris - C. l. dispar - C. l. gentianus - C. l. goodfellowi - C. l. lepidus - C. l. malaitae - C. l. margarethae - C. l. meeki - C. l. mulcatus - C. l. nigromaxilla - C. l. pallidus - C. l. sacerdotis - C. l. solitarius - C. l. uropygialis - C. l. virgicapitus - C. l. wallacii

Name

Ceyx lepidus Temminck, 1836

Reference

Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux livr.100 pl.595 fig.1

Vernacular names
Internationalization
Česky: Ledňáček lesní
English: Variable Kingfisher

The Variable Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx lepidus) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References

* BirdLife International 2004. Ceyx lepidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

Biology Encyclopedia

Birds, Fine Art Prints

Birds Images

Source: Wikipedia, Wikispecies: All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License