Sangihe lilac kingfisher

Sangihe lilac kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Cittura
Species:
C. sanghirensis
Binomial name
Cittura sanghirensis
Sharpe, 1868
Synonyms

Cittura cyanotis sanghirensis

1868 illustration of C. sanghirensis from Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.

The Sangihe lilac kingfisher (Cittura sanghirensis) is a species of kingfisher in the genus Cittura, endemic to the lowlands of the Indonesian island of Sangihe. It was previously considered a subspecies of the Sulawesi lilac kingfisher (C. cyanotis), but was split as a distinct species by the IUCN Red List and BirdLife International in 2014, and the International Ornithological Congress and Clements followed suit in 2022.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2025). "Cittura sanghirensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T22726899A216617393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T22726899A216617393.en.
  2. ^ "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ Eaton, James A. Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea. ISBN 978-84-16728-44-2. OCLC 1249090579.