BirdUp · Species
Little Kingfisher
Ceyx pusillusTemminck, 1836
Native
- Order
- CORACIIFORMES
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Ceyx
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The little kingfisher is a species of kingfisher in the subfamily Alcedininae.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Moluccas, New Guinea and satellites, north Australia, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
6 photos
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