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Cerulean Kingfisher
Cerulean kingfisher alcedo coerulescens
Male
Information
Common Name Small Blue Kingfisher
Range Sumatra and Java, Indonesia.
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Coraciiformes
Family Alcedinidae
Alcedininae
Genus Alcedo
Species Alcedo coerulescens
Conservation Status
LCSpecies
Least Concern

The Cerulean kingfisher (Alcedo coerulescens), is a species of river kingfisher in the Alcedinidae family. It is found in parts of Sumatra and Java, Indonesia. With an overall metallic blue impression, it is very similar to the common kingfisher, but it is white underneath instead of orange.

This species is sometimes called the small blue kingfisher but in Indonesia and parts of Asia that name refers to Alcedo atthis (common kingfisher).

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