Extinct in the Wild

Guam Kingfisher

Todiramphus cinnamominus

GUAM KINGFISHER

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The Guam kingfisher utters its first call of the morning at about the same time every day, usually at dawn. It does this with such regularity that, according to local belief, the bird can be used to tell time.”

Scientific Classification

KINGDOM

Animalia

PHYLUM

Chordata

CLASS

Aves

ORDER

Coraciiformes

FAMILY

Alcedinidae

GENUS

Todiramphus

Location

Guam

Bird

Omnivore

Habitat

Forest, Artificial/Terrestrial

Food

grasshoppers, skinks (small lizards), insects

Threat

Invasive Species Introduction
Disease

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