Scaly-breasted kingfisher

Scaly-breasted kingfisher
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae
Subfamily: Halcyoninae
Genus: Actenoides
Species:
A. princeps
Binomial name
Actenoides princeps
(Reichenbach, 1851)
Subspecies
  • A. p. princeps - (Reichenbach, 1851)
  • A. p. erythrorhamphus - (Stresemann, 1931)
  • A. p. regalis - (Stresemann, 1932)

The scaly-breasted kingfisher or regent kingfisher (Actenoides princeps) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae endemic to central and southwestern Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical, moist, montane forests.