Little Kingfisher

Taxonomy

Order

Coraciiformes

Family

Alcedinidae

Genus

Ceyx

eBird Code

litkin1

Subspecies (9)

• Ceyx pusillus aolae

  known from the type specimen from Guadalcanal (southeastern Solomon Islands)

• Ceyx pusillus bougainvillei

  Bougainville, Santa Isabel, and Choiseul (northern Solomon Islands)

• Ceyx pusillus halli

  coastal northeastern Australia (southeastern Cape York Peninsula to Rockhampton, northern Queensland)

• Ceyx pusillus halmaherae

  Halmahera, Obi, Ternate, and Bacan

• Ceyx pusillus laetior

  northern New Guinea (Cenderawasih Bay to Astrolabe Bay)

• Ceyx pusillus masauji

  New Hanover, New Ireland, and New Britain (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)

• Ceyx pusillus pusillus

  Kai Islands, New Guinea, including Raja Ampat and Aru Islands, Torres Straits islands, and northeastern Cape York Peninsula (northern Queensland, eastern Australia)

• Ceyx pusillus ramsayi

  northern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, to southwestern Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)

• Ceyx pusillus richardsi

  Vella Lavella to Vangunu (central Solomon Islands)