Description
Alcyone azurea
Date 1820-1863
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer [Reichenbach], 3064-3065
Old Latin name Alcyone azurea
New Latin name Ceyx azureus
Common name Nederlands: Azuurijsvogel
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alcyone_azurea_-_1820-1863_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16800231.tif

The azure kingfisher (Ceyx azureus) is a small kingfisher, in the river kingfisher subfamily, Alcedininae. It is found in Northern and Eastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.