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Chameleon Dwarf Kingfisher
Ceyx lepidus Temminck, 1836
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ceyx lepidus Temminck, 1836
- Name authority
- Temminck, 1836
- Common name
- Chameleon Dwarf 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 lepidus Temminck, 1836
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Silvery KingfisherCeyx argentatus Tweeddale, 1877 | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| 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 |
| North Philippine Dwarf-kingfisherCeyx melanurus (Kaup, 1848) | AlcedinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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=554565 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:T958. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.