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Azure Kingfisher - Ceyx azureus - Azuurijsvogel
Moluccas, New Guinea and North- and East-Australia.
The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Ceyx azureus affinis - Morotai, Halmahera and Bacan (North-Moluccas);
Ceyx azureus yamdenae - Romang (East-Lesser Sundas) and Tanimbar (South-Moluccas);
Ceyx azureus lessonii - West-Papuan Islands, West-, South- and East-New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago and Aru Island;
Ceyx azureus ochrogaster - North-New Guinea, islands of Geelvink Bay and Admiralty Islands;
Ceyx azureus ruficollaris - North-Australia;
Ceyx azureus azureus - East- and Southeast-Australia;
Ceyx azureus diemenensis - Tasmania.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.