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Blue-banded Kingfisher
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Male
Information
Common Name Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher
Range island of Java in Indonesia.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Coraciiformes
Family Alcedinidae
Alcedininae
Genus Alcedo
Species Alcedo euryzona
Conservation Status
CRSpecies
Critically Endangered

The Blue-banded kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona), also called the Javan blue-banded kingfisher, is a species of river kingfisher in the Alcedinidae family that is endemic to the island of Java in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and rivers. It is critically endangered due to habitat loss. The Malay blue-banded kingfisher was recently differentiated from this species.

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