African pygmy kingfisher

African pygmy kingfisher
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Alcedininae
Genus: Ispidina
Species:
I. picta
Binomial name
Ispidina picta
(Boddaert, 1783)
Subspecies

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species range (IUCN)
  Year round resident
  Summer breeding visitor
Synonyms

Ceyx pictus

The African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta) is a small insectivorous kingfisher found in the Afrotropics, mostly in woodland habitats.

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