Southern Silvery Kingfisher
Photo: Kirkamon Cabello · CC BY-SA 4.0

Kingfishers

Southern Silvery Kingfisher

Ceyx argentatus

NTNear Threatened Endemic to Philippines
Family
Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
Order
Coraciiformes

Overview

The southern silvery kingfisher (Ceyx argentatus) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Philippines found in Mindanao and Basilan. This species and the northern silvery kingfisher, found in the Visayas, were formerly considered conspecific and called the silvery kingfisher.Its natural habitats are tropical moist lowland forests, streams and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
In the Philippines, it is called kasay-kasay, and figures in the legend concerning the discovery of the Catholic image of Our Lady of Caysasay.

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Range and habitat

Southern Philippines (Basilan, Dinagat, and Mindanao).

Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.

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Sources and further reading

Last updated September 29, 2026.