Sangihe dwarf kingfisher

The Sangihe dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx sangirensis) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae that is endemic to the Sangihe Islands, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Sangihe dwarf kingfisher
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Coraciiformes
Family:	Alcedinidae
Subfamily:	Alcedininae
Genus:	Ceyx
Species:	C. sangirensis
Binomial name
Ceyx sangirensis (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1898)

Only six specimens are known, and it has not been definitively recorded since the 1870s, so it has been suggested to be probably extinct.^[2]