Southern Silvery Kingfisher

Ceyx argentatus

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicFishRiverineCavity nestSmall · 18 g

When to see the Southern Silvery Kingfisher

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Southern Silvery Kingfisher

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Southern Silvery Kingfisher

The southern silvery kingfisher is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines found in Mindanao and Basilan. This species and the northern silvery kingfisher, found in the Visayas, were formerly considered conspecific and called the silvery kingfisher.Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, streams and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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