Beach Kingfisher
Todiramphus saurophagus (Gould, 1843)
Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Beach Kingfisher, Todiramphus saurophagus, is a bird of the mangrove forests in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, within the Moluccas to the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands breeding range. It belongs to the kingfisher family, Alcedinidae, and was described by Gould in 1843. Its presence is tied to subtropical and tropical mangrove habitat.
- Order
- Coraciiformes
- Family
- Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Moluccas to Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
