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Silvery Kingfisher
Ceyx argentatus Tweeddale, 1877
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Southern silvery kingfisher; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:15:23.788970+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ceyx argentatus Tweeddale, 1877
- Name authority
- Tweeddale, 1877
- Common name
- Silvery Kingfisher
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae
- Genus
- Ceyx
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderCoraciiformes
- familyAlcedinidae
- subfamilyAlcedininae
- genusCeyx Lacépède, 1799
- speciesCeyx argentatus Tweeddale, 1877
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ceyx. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Azure KingfisherCeyx azureus (Latham, 1801) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Georgia Dwarf KingfisherCeyx collectoris Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1901 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manus Dwarf KingfisherCeyx dispar Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1914 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malaita Dwarf KingfisherCeyx malaitae Mayr, 1935 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dimorphic Dwarf KingfisherCeyx margarethae W. Blasius, 1890 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| North Solomons Dwarf KingfisherCeyx meeki Rothschild, 1901 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Britain Dwarf KingfisherCeyx sacerdotis E. P. Ramsay, 1882 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sula Dwarf KingfisherCeyx wallacii Sharpe, 1868 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bismarck KingfisherCeyx websteri (E. Hartert, 1898) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Dwarf KingfisherCeyx fallax (Schlegel, 1866) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chameleon Dwarf KingfisherCeyx lepidus Temminck, 1836 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisherCeyx melanurus (Kaup, 1848) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ceyx argentatus argentatus Tweeddale, 1877 Tweeddale, 1877 | synonym |
| Alcedo argentata argentata (Tweeddale, 1877) (Tweeddale, 1877) | synonym |
| Alcedo argentata (Tweeddale, 1877) (Tweeddale, 1877) | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1174587 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8VDRN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.