The Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher (''Ceyx fallax'') is a species of

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in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

island,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. The species has numerous common names such as Celebes forest kingfisher, blue-crowned kingfisher, Celebes dwarf-kingfisher, and Celebes pygmy-kingfisher. Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical dry

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s. It is threatened by

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Subspecies

The species carry 2 subspecies; ''Ceyx fallax fallax'' can be found in Sulawesi, and offshore of the Lembeh Island, while ''Ceyx fallax sangirensis'' is native to Sangihe and

Talaud Islands The Talaud Islands (Indonesian language, Indonesian: ''Kepulauan Talaud'') also spelled Talaur or Talaut, are a group of islands situated about 225 miles (360 km) northeast of Sulawesi, in Indonesia, north-east of the Sangihe Islands. The Ta ...

. Clements and the IUCN have split this species into the Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher and the Sangihe dwarf kingfisher, ''Ceyx sangirensis''.

References

Birds described in 1866 Endemic birds of Sulawesi Ceyx (bird) Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Coraciiformes-stub