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Interesting Facts
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
Common Names in Japanese:
マルケサスショウビン
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [1].
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 lizards1,2,3,11.
[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Coraciiformes
()
- Forbes, 1884
- Suborder:
Halcyones
()
- Forbes, 1884
- Infraorder:
Alcedinides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Alcedinida
()
- Superfamily:
Alcedinoidea
()
- Stejneger, 1885
- Family:
Alcedinidae
()
- Bonaparte, 1831
- Subfamily:
Halcyoninae
()
- Genus:
Todiramphus
()
- Lesson 1827
- Specific name:
godeffroyi
- (Finsch) 1877
- Scientific name: - Todiramphus godeffroyi (Finsch, 1877) (Finsch) 1877
- Specific name:
godeffroyi
- (Finsch) 1877
- Genus:
Todiramphus
(
- Subfamily:
Halcyoninae
(
- Family:
Alcedinidae
(
- Superfamily:
Alcedinoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Alcedinida
(
- Infraorder:
Alcedinides
(
- Suborder:
Halcyones
(
- Order:
Coraciiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Todiramphus godeffroyi (Finsch, 1877) • Todirhamphus godeffroyi • Todirhamphus godeffroyi (Finsch) • Todirhamphus godeffroyi (Finsch) , 1877 • Todirhamphus godeffroyi (Finsch, 1877)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 06-Dec-2005
Similar Species
Members of the genus Todiramphus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. albonotatus (White-Mantled Kingfisher) · (Cinnamon-Backed Kingfisher) · T. australasia australasia (Cinnamon-Backed Kingfisher) · T. chloris (White-Collared Kingfisher) · T. chloris chloris (White-Collared Kingfisher) · T. cinnamominus (Caroline Islands Kingfisher) · T. cinnamominus cinnamominus (Micronesian Kingfisher) · 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. godeffroyi (Marquesas Kingfisher) · (South Moluccan Kingfisher) · T. leucopygius (Ultramarine Kingfisher) · T. macleayii (Forrest Kingfisher) · T. macleayii macleayii (Forrest Kingfisher) · T. nigrocyaneus (Blue-Black Kingfisher) · T. nigrocyaneus nigrocyaneus (Blue-Black Kingfisher) · T. pyrrhopygius (Red-Backed Kingfisher) · T. recurvirostris (Flat-Billed Kingfisher) · T. ruficollaris (Cook Islands Kingfisher) · T. sanctus (Flat-Billed Kingfisher) · T. sanctus sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher) · T. saurophaga (White-Headed Kingfisher) · T. saurophagus (Beach Kingfisher) · T. tutus (Chattering Kingfisher) · T. veneratus (Tahitian Kingfisher) · T. winchelli (Rufous Lored Kingfisher) · T. winchelli winchelli (Rufous Lored Kingfisher)
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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.
- Fry, C. H.; Fry, K.; Harris, A. 1992. Kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. Christopher Helm, London.
- Gouni, A. 2004. Situation du Pahi Martin-chasseur des Marquises (Polynésie Française) (Todiramphus godeffroyi).
- Gouni, A.; Zysman, T. 2007. Oiseaux du Fenua: Tahiti et ses îles. Téthys Éditions, Tahiti.
- Holyoak, D. T.; Thibault, J. -C. 1984. Contribution à l'étude des oiseaux de Polynésie orientale. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Serie A: Zoologie 127: 1-209.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Nitchen, J. W.; Knowles, L. J. 1995. Kingfishers of the world. Millbank Books, Bishop's Stortford, U.K.
- SPREP. 1999. Proceedings of the Polynesian Avifauna Conservation Workshop held in Rarotonga, 26-30 April 1999.
- Seitre, R.; Seitre, J. 1991. Causes de disparition des oiseaux terrestres de Polynésie Française. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Nouméa.
- Thibault, J. -C. 1988. Menaces et conservation des oiseaux de Polynésie Française. In: Thibault, J.-C.; Guyot, I. (ed.), Livre rouge des oiseaux menacés des régions françaises d'outre-mer, pp. 87-124. Conseil International pour la Protection des Oiseaux, Saint-Cloud.
- WWF/IUCN. 1994-1995. Centres of plant diversity: a guide and strategy for their conservation. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Cambridge, U.K.
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.
- BirdLife International 2009. Todiramphus godeffroyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- 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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11025
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-692710
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554614
- IUCN ID: 246564
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 676382
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2009. Todiramphus godeffroyi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 February 2012. [back]
