Azure kingfisher

Latham
Azure kingfisher
	A. a. ruficollaris
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Alcedinidae
Subfamily:	Alcedininae
Genus:	Ceyx
Species:	C. azureus
Binomial name
	Ceyx azureus; (Latham, 1801)
Subspecies
	C. a. azureus Latham, 1801; Eastern and southeastern Australian population; C. a. ruficollaris (Bankier, 1841); Northern Australian population; C. a. diemenensis (Gould, 1846); Tasmanian population; C. a. lessonii (Cassin, 1850); Southern New Guinea population; C. a. affinis (G.R. Gray, 1860); North Maluku population; C. a. yamdenae (Rothschild, 1901); South Banda Sea population; C. a. ochrogaster (Reichenow, 1903); Northern New Guinea population;
Synonyms
	Alcedo azurea

The azure kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) is a small kingfisher in the river kingfisher subfamily, Alcedininae.

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