Monday, April 23, 2012

>Alcedo websteri (Bismarck Kingfisher)

Bismarck Kingfisher

Bismarck Kingfisher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Alcedinidae
Genus:Alcedo
Species:A. websteri
Binomial name
Alcedo websteri
(Hartert, 1898)
The Bismarck Kingfisher (Alcedo websteri) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, freshwater lakes, and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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