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Corythornis vintsioides
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCoraciiformes
- FamilyAlcedinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 15
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Collections
- MNHN, CLO
- Recorded in
- Madagascar
Bird sounds
- alarm call, call· Madagascar· quality A
- call· Madagascar· quality A
- alarm call, call· Madagascar· quality A
- alarm call, call· Madagascar· quality B
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Corythornis
- Mass
- 18
- Image
- Alcedo vintsioides.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- taxon name
- Corythornis vintsioides
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- madagaskarski vodomar
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Corythornis vintsioides
- Commons gallery
- Corythornis vintsioides
- litter size
- 4.2
- taxon range
- Africa
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Malagasy kingfisher or Madagascar kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is found in Madagascar, Mayotte and the Comoros. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The Malagasy kingfisher was formally described by the French naturalists Joseph Eydoux and Paul Gervais in 1836 and given the binomial name Alcedo vintsioides. It is closely related to the malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) which is widely distributed in mainland Africa. It is one of only two kingfishers that occur in Madagascar. The other is the Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (Corythornis madagascariensis).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Corythornis vintsioides” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.