Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Marquesan Kingfisher, Marquesas Kingfisher
Common Names in French:
Martin-Chasseur Des Marquises
Common Names in German:
Marquesasliest
Description
Habitat
Ecology: It prefers dense, humid forest
along the courses
of mountain streams
and remote
valleys from low to mid altitude
, but has also been seen in coconut plantations, on dry slopes
covered with mango and Eugenia cuminii trees
, and on peaks covered with groves of Casuarina. It has been found nesting in an old mango tree and in a decayed screw-pine trunk
. It feeds
principally on insects and lizards1,2,3[1]
List of Habitats
:1.6Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
14.3Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Coraciiformes
()
- Genus:
Todiramphus
()
- Lesson 1827 Bull.Sci.Nat.[Ferussac] 12 p.269 ?
- Specific name:
godeffroyi
- (Finsch) 1877 PZS Pt3 p.408
- Scientific name: - Todiramphus godeffroyi (Finsch) 1877
- Specific name:
godeffroyi
- (Finsch) 1877 PZS Pt3 p.408
- Genus:
Todiramphus
(
- Order:
Coraciiformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Todirhamphus godeffroyi (Finsch) , 1877
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jun-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Todiramphus
There are approximately 111 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
T. albonotatus (White-Mantled Kingfisher) · T. australasia (Cinnamon-Banded Kingfisher) · T. australasia australasia (Cinnamon-Banded Kingfisher) · T. australasia dammerianus · T. australasia odites · T. chloris (White-Collared Kingfisher) · T. chloris abyssinicus · T. chloris alberti · T. chloris albicilla · T. chloris amoenus · T. chloris armstrongi · T. chloris azelus · T. chloris bennetti · T. chloris brachyurus · T. chloris chloris (White-Collared Kingfisher) · T. chloris chloropterus · T. chloris colcloughi · T. chloris collaris · T. chloris colonus · T. chloris davisoni · T. chloris erromangae · T. chloris eximius · T. chloris humii · T. chloris juliae · T. chloris kalbaensis · T. chloris laubmannianus · T. chloris mala · T. chloris manuae · T. chloris marinus · T. chloris matthiae · T. chloris melanodera · T. chloris novaehiberniae · T. chloris nusae · T. chloris occipitalis · T. chloris orii · T. chloris ornatus · T. chloris owstoni · T. chloris palmeri · T. chloris pavuvu · T. chloris pealei · T. chloris pilbara · T. chloris regina · T. chloris sacer · T. chloris santoensis · T. chloris solomonis · T. chloris sordidus · T. chloris sororum · T. chloris stresemanni · T. chloris tannensis · T. chloris teraokai · T. chloris torresianus · T. chloris tristrami · T. chloris utupuae · T. chloris vicina · T. chloris vidali · T. chloris vitiensis · T. cinnamominus (Caroline Islands Kingfisher) · T. cinnamominus cinnamominus (Micronesian Kingfisher) · T. cinnamominus pelewensis · T. cinnamominus reichenbachii · T. diops (Blue-And-White Kingfisher) · T. enigma (Talaud Kingfisher) · T. farquhari (Chestnut-Bellied Kingfisher) · T. funebris (Sombre Kingfisher) · T. gambieri (Mangareva Kingfisher) · T. gambieri gambieri (Mangareva Kingfisher) · T. gambieri gertrudae · T. godeffroyi (Marquesan Kingfisher) · T. lazuli (South Moluccan Kingfisher) · T. leucopygius (Ultramarine Kingfisher) · T. macleayi · T. macleayii (Forrest Kingfisher) · T. macleayii elisabeth · T. macleayii elizabeth · T. macleayii incinctus · T. macleayii macleayii (Forrest Kingfisher) · T. miyakoensis · T. nigrocyaneus (Blue-Black Kingfisher) · T. nigrocyaneus nigrocyaneus (Blue-Black Kingfisher) · T. nigrocyaneus quadricolor · T. nigrocyaneus stictolaemus · T. pyrrhopygia · T. pyrrhopygius (Red-Backed Kingfisher) · T. recurvirostris (Flat-Billed Kingfisher) · T. ruficollaris (Cook Islands Kingfisher) · T. sanctus (Flat-Billed Kingfisher) · T. sanctus canacorum · T. sanctus macmillani · T. sanctus norfolkiensis · T. sanctus recurvirostris · T. sanctus sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher) · T. sanctus vagans · T. saurophaga (White-Headed Kingfisher) · T. saurophagus (Beach Kingfisher) · T. saurophagus admiralitatis · T. saurophagus anachoreta · T. saurophagus saurophagus · T. tutus (Chattering Kingfisher) · T. tutus atiu · T. tutus mauke
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Further Reading
- (no author provided) ((no year provided)): imported from GBIF-Aves-Vert; LitID: check Peters!
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Todiramphus godeffroyi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Access date: Dec 30, 2005
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2474717
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554614
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554614
- IUCN ID: 40671
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 676382
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
