Lilac kingfisher

Lilac kingfisher
	Sulawesi lilac kingfisher, Cittura cyanotis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Alcedinidae
Subfamily:	Halcyoninae
Genus:	Cittura; Kaup, 1848
Type species
	Dacelo cyanotis; Temminck, 1824

Lilac kingfishers are kingfishers in the genus Cittura, found in the lowlands of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi and the neighbouring Sangihe and Talaud Islands.

Taxonomy

The genus Cittura was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1848.^[2] The genus name is from classical Greek kitta for "magpie" and oura for "tail".

There are two species:^[3]

Genus **Cittura** – Kaup, 1848 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Sangihe lilac kingfisher	Cittura sanghirensis Sharpe, 1868	Sangihe and Talaud Islands	Size: Habitat: Diet:	NT
Sulawesi lilac kingfisher Male Female	Cittura cyanotis (Temminck, 1824)	northern Sulawesi and Lembeh Island	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

^ "Alcedinidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-25.
^ Kaup, Johann Jakob (1848). "Die Familie der Eisvögel (Alcedidae)". Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins für das Großherzogthum Hessen und Umgebung (in German). 2: 68. OCLC 183221382.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2017). "Rollers, ground rollers & kingfishers". World Bird List Version 7.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 May 2017.