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Red-backed Kingfisher

Todiramphus pyrrhopygius
Family
Kingfishers
Order
Coraciiformes
Codes
rebkin2, RBKI
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCoraciiformes
FamilyKingfishers (Alcedinidae)
SpeciesTodiramphus pyrrhopygius
Codesrebkin2, RBKI
Identification

The Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius) 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 rebkin2 when logging sightings in eBird or other citizen science platforms.

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Red-backed Kingfisher photo
(c) Joel Poyitt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joel Poyitt

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Quick Facts

Scientific Name: Todiramphus pyrrhopygius

Family: Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes

eBird Code: rebkin2