| Melanesian Kingfisher | |
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| Information | |
| Range | Bismarck Archipelago and the northwest and central Solomon Islands |
| Scientific Classification | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Coraciiformes |
| Family | Alcedinidae Halcyoninae |
| Genus | Todiramphus |
| Species | Todiramphus tristrami |
The Melanesian kingfisher (Todiramphus tristrami), is a species of tree kingfisher in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago and the northwest and central Solomon 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 tristrami alberti (Rothschild & Hartert, 1905): Buku southeast to Guadalcanal (northwest and central Solomon Is.)
- Todiramphus tristrami bennetti (Ripley, 1947): Nissan Island (Bismarck Arch.)
- Todiramphus tristrami matthiae (Heinroth, 1902): St Matthias Islands (Bismarck Arch.)
- Todiramphus tristrami novaehiberniae (Hartert, 1925): southwest New Ireland (Bismarck Arch.)
- Todiramphus tristrami nusae (Heinroth, 1902): New Hanover Island, New Ireland (except southwest), and Feni Islands
- Todiramphus tristrami stresemanni (Laubmann, 1923): islands between New Guinea and New Britain
- Todiramphus tristrami tristrami (EL Layard, 1880): New Britain (Bismarck Arch.)