Forest Kingfisher

Todiramphus macleayii (Jardine & Selby, 1830)

Alcedinidae — Kingfishers

Forest Kingfisher, Todiramphus macleayii, is a kingfisher of Australasia, breeding in south-east New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia and moving in the non-breeding season to south-east Moluccas and southern New Guinea. It was first described in 1830 by Jardine and Selby. The bird is found in forested and mangrove habitats, including dry forest, moist lowland forest and Melaleuca swampland. It is identified by its blue and white plumage, with a white patch before the eye and a dark band running from the bill through the eye to the ear coverts.

Order: Coraciiformes
Family: Alcedinidae — Kingfishers
Breeding range: Australasia: se New Guinea and nc, e Australia
Nonbreeding range: to se Moluccas and s New Guinea