Tuesday, April 24, 2012

>Alcedo pusilla (Little Kingfisher)

Little Kingfisher


Little Kingfisher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Alcedinidae
Genus:Alcedo
Species:A. pusilla
Binomial name
Alcedo pusilla
Temminck, 1836
The Little Kingfisher (Alcedo pusilla) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in open forest, woodland, swamps and mangroves in Australia (northern Queensland and north Northern Territory), IndonesiaPapua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

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