Great-billed kingfisher

Great-billed kingfisher
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Pelargopsis
Species:
P. melanorhyncha
Binomial name
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha
(Temminck, 1826)
Subspecies
  • P. m. melanorhyncha - (Temminck, 1826)
  • P. m. dichrorhyncha - Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896
  • P. m. eutreptorhyncha - Hartert, 1898

The great-billed kingfisher or black-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha) is a species of bird in the subfamily Halcyoninae. It is endemic to the Sulawesi region of Indonesia. It can be found on the island of Sulawesi and in the Sula Archipelago.

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