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Coraciiformes / Alcedinidae / Melidora

Hook-billed Kingfisher

Melidora macrorrhina

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (hobkin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Genus: Melidora

Subspecies (3)

Melidora macrorrhina jobiensis

northern New Guinea (Cenderawasih to Astrolabe Bay), including Yapen (Cenderawasih Bay, off northwestern New Guinea)
Melidora macrorrhina macrorrhina

New Guinea, including Batanta, Salawati, and Misool (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)
Melidora macrorrhina waigiuensis

Waigeo (Raja Ampat Islands, off western New Guinea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (hobkin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.