Blue-banded Kingfisher vs lignum vitae

Alcedo euryzona compared with Guaiacum officinale

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-banded Kingfisher	lignum vitae
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coraciiformes (Coraciiformes)	Zygophyllales (Zygophyllales)
Family	Alcedinidae	Zygophyllaceae
Genus	Alcedo	Guaiacum
Species	Alcedo euryzona	Guaiacum officinale

Conservation Status

Blue-banded Kingfisher

CR — Critically Endangered

lignum vitae

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-banded Kingfisher	lignum vitae
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-banded Kingfisher

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

lignum vitae

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 5 distinct biome types within the Neotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Cuba, India, and United States. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Blue-banded Kingfisher

The Blue-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona) is a species in the genus Alcedo. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.