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Cittura cyanotis (Sulawesi lilac kingfisher)

Cittura cyanotis (Temm.)

Title: Ornithological miscellany
Year: 1876 (1870s)
Authors: George Dawson Rowley, 1822-1878; Keulemans, J. G. (John Gerrard Keulemans), 1842-1912, ill Walther, T., lithographer Allen, Edgar W., lithographer Smith, J., lithographer Erxleben, J., lithographer Hanhart, Michael, printer of plates Hanhart, N, printer of plates Chase, Robert William, former owner. DSI Mackintosh, Duncan Robert, former owner. DSI Mintern Bros., printer of plates
Subjects: Birds Birds Birds
Source: https://archive.org/details/ornithologicalmi03rowl/page/n188/mode/1up?view=theater

The Sulawesi lilac kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis) is a species of kingfisher in the genus Cittura, found in the lowlands of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi and Lembeh.

Cittura cyanotis has the typical kingfisher shape, with a short tail and long bill. The adult male has a brown crown and back and rufous rump and tail. It has a blue eye mask, separated from the crown by a white line, and a pale lilac ruff of long stiffened ear covert feathers. The underparts are white and the wings are blue, separated by a white line from the brown back. The red bill is large and flattened. In flight, the underwings are white with a black "wrist" patch.

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Cittura
Species: Cittura cyanotis (Temminck, 1824)

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