Javan kingfisher

Javan kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Halcyon
Species:
H. cyanoventris
Binomial name
Halcyon cyanoventris
(Vieillot, 1818)

The Javan kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris), sometimes called the blue-bellied kingfisher or Java kingfisher, is a medium-sized kingfisher (subfamily Halcyoninae) endemic to the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali.

The brightly-colored Javan kingfisher has the large head and bill typical of kingfishers, although the species is less suited for aquatic hunting than many of its relatives and catches much of its prey on land or near the water's edge. The highly territorial bird lays its round white eggs in burrows excavated from earthen walls and riverbanks.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Halcyon cyanoventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683252A92980601. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683252A92980601.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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