The Ryukyu kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus miyakoensis) is an enigmatic taxon of tree kingfisher. It is extinct and is only known from a single specimen...

Chamorro language, it is referred to as sihek. The mysterious extinct Ryūkyū kingfisher, known from a single specimen, is sometimes placed as a subspecies...

Ryukyu Islands (琉球列島, Ryūkyū Rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei Shotō; lit. 'Southwest Islands') or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko)...

1881 Jamaican Wood Rail Seychelles Parakeet 1884 Sandwich Rail 1887 Ryukyu Kingfisher 1890 Comoro Scops Owl Macquarie Island Parakeet Oahu Nukupu'u (subsp...

(A) Guam kingfisher, Todirhamphus cinnamominus (extirpated) Ryukyu kingfisher, Todiramphus cinnamominus miyakoensis (extinct) Collared kingfisher, Todirhamphus...

Presently, no kingfishers are known to exist on Rarotonga. "Ryukyu kingfisher", "Todiramphus cinnamominus miyakoensis" (Miyako-jima, Ryukyu Islands, late...

The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast...

Halcyon giant centipede, is a species of amphibious centipede found in the Ryukyu Archipelago of Japan and Taiwan. It is the third amphibious member of the...

by intense logging and agriculture. Ryukyu kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus miyakoensis Miyako Island, Ryukyu, Japan Only known from the holotype collected...

(Porzana cinerea brevipes) EX IUCN, Daito buzzard (Buteo buteo oshiroi), Ryukyu kingfisher (Todiramphus miyakoensis), Tristram's woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis...

Cinnamon-banded kingfisher Talaud kingfisher Vanuatu kingfisher Lazuli kingfisher Rusty-capped kingfisher Chattering kingfisher Moorea kingfisher Rufous-headed...

hill babbler Rwenzori turaco Ryukyu flycatcher Ryukyu green pigeon Ryukyu minivet Ryukyu robin Ryūkyū scops owl †Ryukyu wood pigeon Sabah partridge Sabine's...

Site consisting of five component parts on four Japanese islands in the Ryukyu Arc (Nansei Islands). The site was selected in terms of biodiversity (World...

Ryukyu wood pigeon, Okinawa woodpecker, Amami jay, Okinawa rail, Ryukyu robin, Ryukyu scops owl, Ryukyu minivet, Amami woodcock, Ryukyu kingfisher, Ryukyu...

a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). She carried three Vought OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes for aerial reconnaissance, which were launched by a pair of...

of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, the Aleutian Islands, Japan's Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan and the Kuril Islands. He further included in his definition...

dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx melanurus (E) Dimorphic dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx margaethae (E) Stork-billed kingfisher, Pelargopsis capensis Ruddy kingfisher, Halcyon...

Pallas returned on 12 May with Indefatigable and a 16-gun ship-sloop, Kingfisher. Allemande despatched two large frigates and three corvettes; facing unfavourable...

destroyers. On 26 August, Miami left the fleet to pick up the crew from a OS2U Kingfisher from the battleship Indiana, but she was recalled before she arrived....

guns, the OS2U Kingfisher floatplane on the catapult atop the turret, and knocked a second aircraft down to the main deck. That Kingfisher spilled gasoline...

dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx erithaca (A) Rufous-backed dwarf-kingfisher, Ceyx rufidorsa (A) Ruddy kingfisher, Halcyon coromanda White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon...

islands in the Bering Sea and North Pacific, Japan, the Izu Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. The following...

wood kingfisher Common kingfisher Cerulean kingfisher Blue-eared kingfisher Shining-blue kingfisher Half-collared kingfisher Glittering kingfisher Pied...

the Ryukyu Islands two days later, Biloxi screened the carriers as they struck airfields and other installations ashore. That morning, two Kingfishers catapulted...

more economical, so the plans were shelved. The Seahawk replaced the Kingfisher around the end of the war. This article uses Friedman's designations for...

airplane catapult and the ship's OS2U Kingfisher observation planes. The three pilots who flew Texas's Kingfishers during this period were temporarily transferred...

extreme northwestern Thailand, northern Vietnam, southern China, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands and South Korea. As typical of the genus Astur (as well as unrelated...

traditional time to plant taro. In Mangaia, it marks the arrival of kingfishers and the nesting of black-winged petrels. Fiji crested iguanas can be...

serpent eagle (special natural monuments), the Chinese box turtle and the Ryūkyū emerald dove (natural monuments), as well as the Sakishima grass lizard...

beverage made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Ryukyu Islands: Awamori, a traditional Okinawan distilled liquor made from long-grain...