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Mountain Kingfisher

Syma megarhyncha
Family
Kingfishers
Order
Coraciiformes
Codes
moukin1, MOKI
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyKingfishers (Alcedinidae)
SpeciesSyma megarhyncha
Codesmoukin1, MOKI
Identification

The Mountain Kingfisher (Syma megarhyncha) is a member of the Kingfishers family within the order Coraciiformes. This species is classified in the eBird taxonomy maintained by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Use the eBird species code moukin1 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Mountain Kingfisher photo
(c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nik Borrow

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Syma megarhyncha

Family: Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes

eBird Code: moukin1