The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy
Author
Bishop, K. David
text
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club
2023
2023-03-06
143
1
3
62
journal article
298463
10.25226/bboc.v143i1.2023.a2
6028cf6b-e944-40d1-b774-7caa1c970409
2513-9894
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805136AB-F3FE-4C77-85AC-E37423156B6D
PAPUAN DWARF KINGFISHER
Ceyx solitarius
#
Range
Supiori, Yapen.
Status
Resident. Known only from a single male collected by Beccari at Korrido,
18 May 1875
(
Salvadori 1880
‒82) and an observation by Ripley in
November–December 1937
(
Mayr & Meyer de Schauensee 1939
). There appear to be no records of the species on Biak itself, or any modern records from Supiori.