Guam kingfisher

Guam kingfisher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Todiramphus
Species:
T. cinnamominus
Binomial name
Todiramphus cinnamominus
(Swainson, 1821)

The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus) is a species of kingfisher from the United States Territory of Guam. It is restricted to a captive breeding program following its extinction in the wild due primarily to predation by the introduced brown tree snake.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Todiramphus cinnamominus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22725862A117372355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22725862A117372355.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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