Lilac kingfisher
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Lilac kingfishers are kingfishers in the genus Cittura, found in the lowlands of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi and the neighbouring Sangihe and Talaud Islands.
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Lilac kingfisher | |
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Sulawesi lilac kingfisher, Cittura cyanotis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Coraciiformes |
Family: | Alcedinidae |
Subfamily: | Halcyoninae |
Genus: | Cittura Kaup, 1848 |
Type species | |
Dacelo cyanotis[1] Temminck, 1824 |
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