North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx meeki)
About the North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher
The North Solomons dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx meeki), is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the west and central Solomon Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This species was formerly considered one of the 15 recognised subspecies of what was then known as the variable dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx lepidus or Alcedo lepidus). A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2013 found that most of the insular subspecies had substantially diverged from one another. The variable dwarf kingfisher was therefore split and 12 of the subspecies, including the North Solomons dwarf kingfisher, were promoted to species status. At the same time the name of the variable dwarf kingfisher was changed to the Moluccan dwarf kingfisher.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 2 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotusrecording
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisrecording
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicusrecording
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalisrecording
- Pale-vented Bush-henAmaurornis moluccanarecording
- Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.