Manus Dwarf Kingfisher
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Kingfishers

Manus Dwarf Kingfisher

Ceyx dispar

NTNear Threatened Endemic to Papua New Guinea
Family
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Order
Coraciiformes

Overview

The Manus dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx dispar), is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Admiralty 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.

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Range and habitat

Admiralty Islands.

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

Continents

Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.