Mountain Kingfisher
Syma megarhyncha Salvadori, 1896
Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Mountain Kingfisher, Syma megarhyncha, is a kingfisher of the montane parts of New Guinea, breeding in the western to north-eastern highlands, including the Huon Peninsula, and in south-eastern New Guinea. It was described by Salvadori in 1896 and belongs to the family Alcedinidae in the order Coraciiformes. It is found in moist lowland and montane forest. It is similar to the yellow-billed kingfisher, but is larger, with a proportionally bigger bill and a dark ridge along the culmen. Adult males and females differ in head and neck patterning.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
- Breeding range
- Australasia: montane wc to ne (Huon Pen.) and se New Guinea
