Indigo-banded kingfisher

Indigo-banded kingfisher
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. cyanopectus
Binomial name
	Ceyx cyanopectus; Lafresnaye, 1840
Subspecies
	C. c. cyanopectus - Lafresnaye, 1840; C. c. nigrirostris - Bourns & Worcester, 1894;
Synonyms
	Alcedo cyanopecta Lafresnaye, 1840 [orth. error]; Alcedo cyanopectus;

The Indigo-banded kingfisher (Ceyx cyanopectus) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it is generally uncommon but locally widespread in the northern and central islands.

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