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Mariana Kingfisher
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Information
Range Mariana Islands
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Coraciiformes
Family Alcedinidae
Halcyoninae
Genus Todiramphus
Species Todiramphus albicilla

The Mariana kingfisher (Todiramphus albicilla), is a species of tree kingfisher in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to the Mariana Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the collared kingfisher.

Subspecies[]

  • Todiramphus albicilla albicilla (Dumont, 1823): southern Mariana Islands
  • Todiramphus albicilla orii (Taka-Tsukasa & Momiyama, 1931): Rota
  • Todiramphus albicilla owstoni (Rothschild, 1904): northern Mariana Islands
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