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title: "Alcedo vintsioides"
description: "Corythornis vintsioides — Aves. The Malagasy kingfisher or Madagascar kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is found in Madagascar, Mayotte and the Comoros."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/malagasy-kingfisher
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Alcedo vintsioides

> Corythornis vintsioides — Aves. The Malagasy kingfisher or Madagascar kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is found in Madagascar, Mayotte and the Comoros.

- Scientific name: *Corythornis vintsioides*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 876
- Wikidata: [Q27074801](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27074801)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144652](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144652)

## Names

- en: Malagasy Kingfisher
- de: Malegassenzwergfischer
- es: Martín Pescador Malgache
- fr: Martin-pêcheur vintsi
- pt: Alcedo vintsioides
- pl: Zimorodek czarnodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

MG (817), YT (28), KM (8)

## Summary

The Malagasy kingfisher or Madagascar kingfisher (Corythornis vintsioides) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is found in Madagascar, Mayotte and the Comoros. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
The Malagasy kingfisher was formally described by the French naturalists Joseph Eydoux and Paul Gervais in 1836 and given the binomial name Alcedo vintsioides. It is closely related to the malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) which is widely distributed in mainland Africa. It is one of only two kingfishers that occur in Madagascar. The other is the Madagascar pygmy kingfisher…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_kingfisher

## Photo

![Alcedo vintsioides](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/malagasy-kingfisher/medium.jpg)

Photo: lallen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19833602

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/malagasy-kingfisher?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).