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Pohnpei Kingfisher
Todiramphus reichenbachii Hartlaub, 1852
Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Pohnpei Kingfisher, Todiramphus reichenbachii, is a bird of Pohnpei in the Pacific Ocean, within Micronesia, and it breeds there in lowland forest. It belongs to the kingfisher family and was described by Hartlaub in 1852. Once treated as a subspecies of the Micronesian kingfisher, it is now recognised as a separate species. It is a kingfisher with white underparts in adulthood, cinnamon underparts when young, a large flattened bill and dark legs. It is also known from forest edges and phone wires.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: Pohnpei (=Ponape, e Caroline Is., c Micronesia)
