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The lilac kingfisher or Celebes flat-billed kingfisher (''Cittura cyanotis'') is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the Indonesia island of Sulawesi and the neighbouring Sangihe and Talaud Islands. It is the only member of the genus ''Cittura''. ==Description== The lilac kingfisher is 28 cm (11 inches) long. It has the typical kingfisher shape, with a short tail and long bill. The adult male of the nominate race, ''C. c. cyanotis'', has a brown crown and back and rufous rump and tail. It has a blue eye mask, separated from the crown by a white line, and a pale lilac ruff of long stiffened ear covert feathers. The underparts are white and the wings are blue, separated by a white line from the brown back. The red bill is large and flattened. In flight, the underwings are white with a black wrist patch. The female has a black, rather than blue, mask and upperwing coverts, and her supercilium is black, spotted with white. The juvenile resembles the adult, but is duller and browner with a grey-brown bill. There are two or three subspecies; *''C. c. cyanotis'', northern Sulawesi *''C. c. modesta'', eastern and southeastern Sulawesi. This form, which is not recognised by some authorities, has less stiff ear coverts than nominate ''cyanotis''. These feathers are lilac in the male and rufous in the female. The throat is rufous-lilac in both sexes. *''C. c. sanghirensis'', Sangihe and Talaud islands. This subspecies is substantially larger and longer-billed than the nominate race. It has brighter, more rufous upperparts, a black forehead and mask, stiff, bright lilac ear coverts and upper breast, and a white chin. The call of this large tree kingfisher is a rapid ''ku-ku-ku-ku''. The lilac kingfisher is unlikely to be confused with any other kingfishers in its range. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lilac kingfisher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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