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Coraciiformes (Bee-eaters, Kingfishers, Motmots, Rollers, Todies)

 

Family: Alcedinidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Actenoides bougainvillei (Rothschild, 1904) Moustached kingfisher - Bougainville, Papua New Guinea Rediscovered Access
             
Actenoides excelsus (Mayr, 1941) Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher - Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Rediscovered Access
             

Actenoides princeps regalis

(Stresemann, 1932) Plain-backed kingfisher December 1931 south-east Sulawesi, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Alcedo euryzona Temminck, 1830 Javan blue-banded Kingfisher, Blue-banded kingfisher (generic), Raja udang kalung biru - Java, Indonesia Rediscovered Access
             
Alcedo pusilla aolae Ogilvie-Grant, 1914 Guadalcanal little kingfisher ? Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands Missing? Access
             
Ceyx lepidus malaitae Mayr, 1935 Malaita variable kingfisher 1 April 1930? Malaita, Solomon Islands Extant? Access
             
Ceyx madagascariensis dilutus Benson, 1974 Sakaraha pygmy kingfisher ? South-west Madagascar Invalid? Access
             
Ceyx sangirensis (Meyer & Wiglesworth, 1898) Sangihe dwarf kingfisher, Sangihe kingfisher 1879 Sangihe island, Indonesia Missing Access
             
Todiramphus cinnamominus (Swainson, 1821) Guam kingfisher, Micronesian kingfisher, Sihek, Guam Micronesian kingfisher 1986 Guam Extinct in the wild Access
             
Todiramphus gambieri Oustalet, 1895 Mangareva kingfisher pre-1922? Mangareva, Gambier Islands Extinct Access
             
Todiramphus (cinnamominus) miyakoensis Kuroda, 1919 Ryuku Kingfisher 5 February 1887 Ryuku Islands, Japan (Guam?) Invalid? Access
             
Todiramphus veneratus sp. nov. 'Bora Bora' - Bora Bora kingfisher 1822-25 Bora Bora Island, French Polynesia Missing Access
             
Todiramphus sp. nov. 'Rarotonga' - Rarotonga kingfisher pre-1940 Rarotonga, Cook Islands Missing Access

 

 

Family: Brachypteraciidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Brachypteracias langrandi Goodman, 2000 Ampoza ground roller Holocene Madagascar Extinct Access

 

 

Family: Coraciidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Meropidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Momotidae

—No subordinate taxa

 

Family: Todidae

Scientific Name Author/s Common Name Last Record Distribution Status Taxon Profile
Todus sp. nov. 'Cuban Late Pleistocene' -   Late Pleistocene Cuba Extinct Access

 

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