Family: Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)

Authority: Gray, 1858

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species is known to inhabit southern New Guinea, but recent searches have reported only a handful of records. There is no clear information on its likely distribution extent, population size or trends. For these reasons, it is classified as Data Deficient.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: Unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 186,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Realm - Oceanic
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome