Sunday, April 22, 2012

>Alcedo quadribrachys (Shining-blue Kingfisher)

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Shining-blue Kingfisher
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Coraciiformes
Family:Alcedinidae
Genus:Alcedo
Species:A. quadribrachys
Binomial name
Alcedo quadribrachys
Bonaparte, 1850
The Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys) is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in much of sub-Saharan Africa as far south as Zambia.

Subspecies A. q. quadribrachys (top) andA. q. guentheri (bottom); illustration by Keulemans, 1892

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