Search
Menu
Home
Sources
About
Contacts
Southern silvery kingfisher
The
southern
silvery kingfisher
is a
species
of
bird
in the
family
Alcedinidae
that is
endemic
to the
Philippines
.
Its
natural
habitats
are
subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests
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
.
This species and the
northern silvery kingfisher
were formerly considered
conspecific
and called the
silvery
kingfisher
.