Banded kingfisher
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The banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) is a tree kingfisher found in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia. It is the only member of the genus Lacedo. Male and female adults are very different in plumage. The male has a bright blue crown with black and blue banding on the back. The female has rufous and black banding on the head and upperparts.
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Banded kingfisher | |
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A male, in Sumatra, Indonesia | |
A female in Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: | Lacedo Reichenbach, 1851 |
Species: | L. pulchella |
Binomial name | |
Lacedo pulchella (Horsfield, 1821) | |
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