Azure Kingfisher

Taxonomy

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Alcedinidae

Genus

Ceyx

eBird Code

azukin1

Subspecies (7)

• Ceyx azureus affinis

  northern Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, and Bacan)

• Ceyx azureus azureus

  eastern and southeastern Australia (northern Queensland southward to southeastern South Australia)

• Ceyx azureus diemenensis

  Tasmania

• Ceyx azureus lessonii

  New Guinea (except northwestern lowlands), including Waigeo, Batanta, and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea) and Aru Islands (off southwestern New Guinea)

• Ceyx azureus ochrogaster

  northern New Guinea and islands in Cenderawasih Bay

• Ceyx azureus ruficollaris

  northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, to Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland; southwestern Torres Strait islands)

• Ceyx azureus yamdenae

  Tanimbar Islands (southern Banda Sea)